Neogobius pallasi

Neogobius pallasi, the Caspian sand goby[2] or the Caspian monkey goby,[2] is a species of fish native to fresh and brackish waters of the Caspian Sea basin including the Volga drainage up to the vicinity of Moscow. It has been introduced into the Aral basin. This species of goby can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It is also important to local commercial fisheries.[2]

Neogobius pallasi
A specimen from the northern Caspian Sea

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Neogobius
Species:
N. pallasi
Binomial name
Neogobius pallasi
(L. S. Berg, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Gobius fluviatilis pallasi L. S. Berg, 1916
  • Neogobius fluviatilis pallasi (L. S. Berg, 1916)

Earlier it was considered as the Caspian subspecies of the Monkey goby, N. fluviatilis pallasi, but is now considered a full species in its own right.[3] The specific name honours the naturalist and explorer Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) whose posthumous description of this taxon was published in 1814.[4]

References
  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Neogobius pallasi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: T135596A4156361. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135596A4156361.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neogobius pallasi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1): 84-102.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 August 2018.


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