Kingdom Animalia Family Gobiidae Genus Benthophilus Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Benthophilinae Scientific name Benthophilus nudus Rank Species | |
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Similar Tadpole goby, Azov tadpole goby, Don tadpole‑goby, Mushroom goby, Benthophiloides brauneri | ||
The Black Sea tadpole-goby (Benthophilus nudus) is a species of goby native to the basin of the Black Sea. Found in the Gulf of Tendra and limans of the north-western Black Sea, lakes of the Danube Delta. In the rivers of the Black Sea basin: Danube up to Iron Gate dam, Dniester up to Tighina, Dnieper up to Kiev, Southern Bug. This species is mostly a denizen of fresh and slightly brackish bodies of water, preferring rivers and deltas, limans and coastal lakes. This fish can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.
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