Canestrini's goby

Canestrini's goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Pomatoschistus
Species: P. canestrinii
Binomial name
Pomatoschistus canestrinii
(A. P. Ninni, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Gobius canestrinii A. P. Ninni, 1883
  • Gobius jadrensis Giglioli, 1883

Pomatoschistus canestrinii, Canestrini's goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters along the Adriatic coasts where it is known to occur from the Po delta, Italy to Neretva, Croatia. It has also been introduced in Lake Trasimeno, Italy. This species prefers areas with sand or mud substrates in lagoons, lakes and medium-sized to large-sized rivers. This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. 2011. Pomatoschistus canestrinii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 17 September 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pomatoschistus canestrinii" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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