Carpathian gudgeon

Carpathian gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Gobio
Species: G. carpathicus
Binomial name
Gobio carpathicus
Vladykov, 1925
Synonyms
  • Gobio gobio carpathicus Vladykov, 1925

The Carpathian gudgeon (Gobio carpathicus) is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the Cyprinidae family. It is widespread in Europe in the Tisza system, Danube drainage in Ukraine. Freshwater demersal fish, up to 12.0 cm long.

Etymology

Gobio is Latin for gobius which means gudgeon.[1]

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