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Gobionidae (Gudgeons)
Etymology: Saurogobio: Greek, sauros = lizard + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Claude-Philibert Dabry de Thiersant (1826–1898) was French consul at Hankow (one of the three cities whose merging formed modern-day Wuhan, China) and an amateur naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - ? ; dH range: 20 - ?. Temperate; 12°C - 22°C (Ref. 2059)
Asia: Amur basin to Xi Jiang [Pearl River]; Mongolia and Korea. Found in Viet Nam (Ref. 89724).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 11 - ? cm
Max length : 27.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116962); common length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 106.30 g (Ref. 93790)
Adults inhabit rivers and lakes (Ref. 26334).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 1996. Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur river basin). An annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. :89 p. (Ref. 13397)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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