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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Europe: western tributaries of River Kuban in northern Caucasus. Asia: coastal Black Sea drainages of southern Caucasus from Chorokh to Psyrtskha.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from other related species in the Black Sea basin by the following characters: pelvic disc 40-60% of distance between its origin and anus; cycloid scales completely cover predorsal area and nape; pelvic disc fraenum with angular lobes, fraenum length 1/6-1/2 of its width at base; scales in midlateral series 58-70 + 2-4; snout length 1.5-1.9 times in eye diameter (Ref. 59043).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits a wide variety of flowing waters from cold hill to foot hill streams; never in brackish water. No other biological data except that the males guard eggs in gravel or rock cavities (Ref.59043).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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