FB-64104 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64104 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Channidae Channa Channa ornatipinnis Britz, 2008 Don tadpole-goby 2008-07-09 2014-02-27 Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya0 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof0 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2013-08-07 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 Prefers fresh and brackish waters, mostly on river mouths (abundant), lower reaches of rivers and reservoirs and does not enter the sea (Ref. 58669, 59043). Lives on silty sand with mollusc shells; feeding mostly on molluscs and crustaceans. Life span about a year; spawns in May to August; females probably lay eggs in 2-3 portions inside or under a mollusc shell; and adults die soon after spawning (Ref. 59043). Invasive in the large tributaries of the Caspian and Black Sea (Ref. 92840). Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya 2007 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2010-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 This species is distinguished from all congeners in the Black Sea basin by having the anal-fin origin in front of the vertical through the second dorsal-fin origin and by the combination of the following non-unique characters: body with three dark blotches; often dark spot on back just in front of second dorsal fin; tubercles relatively small so that tubercles and granules on head not clearly different in size; first semicircle blotch narrow, not extending origin of second dorsal fin; absence of granules on caudal peduncle; lm rows of neuromasts 15-21, commonly 17-18; second dorsal-fin segmented rays commonly 7½ -8½ (Ref. 58669).Description: first dorsal fin with 3 or, more often, 4 spines, second dorsal fin with 6½ -9-½ segmented rays; anal fin with 7½ -9½ segmented rays (Ref. 58669). Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya 2007 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) FB-Morphology-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2010-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 Vertebrae: 28 - 29 Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya 2007 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) FB-Distribution-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 Europe: Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov and Don River. Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya 2007 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) FB-Size-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2013-08-07 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 6.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 58669)); max. reported age: 1 years (Ref. 59043) Boldyrev, V.S. and N.G. Bogutskaya 2007 Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):31-96. (Ref. 58669) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-07-11 00:00:00 2013-08-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64114 demersal; freshwater; brackish