Gobio delyamurei

Gobio delyamurei, also termed the Chornaya gudgeon, is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to Crimea. It is considered to be critically endangered, as it lives only along a 1-km stretch in the Chornaya River, below the Chornaya Gorge. Because of water abstraction, the site is vulnerable to drying up in the summer time, particularly if climate change will further intensify the droughts.

Gobio delyamurei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Gobio
Species:
G. delyamurei
Binomial name
Gobio delyamurei
Freyhof & Naseka, 2005
Synonyms
  • Gobio tauricus Vasil'eva, 2005

This is a demersal fish, up to 10.4 cm long. It was described as an independent species in 2005.

References

  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Gobio delyamurei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2008: e.T135549A4142824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135549A4142824.en.


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