Caspiosoma caspium

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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.[2] 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.[3]

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Caspiosoma caspium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Caspiosoma
Iljin, 1927
Species:
C. caspium
Binomial name
Caspiosoma caspium
(Kessler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma caspium Kessler, 1877
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