Kingdom Animalia Suborder Gobioidei Subfamily Benthophilinae Scientific name Caspiosoma caspium Rank Species | Class Actinopterygii Family Gobiidae Genus Caspiosoma
Iljin, 1927 Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
Similar Benthophiloides brauneri, Tadpole goby, Stellate tadpole‑goby, Mesogobius, Azov tadpole goby | ||
Caspiosoma caspium is a species of Ponto-Caspian goby native to the deltas of rivers inflows to the north-western Black Sea: Dnieper up to Berislav, also in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary and Berezan Estuary, Danube, Dniester with the estuary, Cuciurgan Reservoir. Found in the delta of the Don River, Volga, central and northern parts of the Caspian Sea and rivers flowing into the Sea of Azov. It can be found at depths of from 2 to 8 metres (6.6 to 26.2 ft). This species can reach a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.
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