Ponticola turani, Aksu goby

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Ponticola turani (Kovačić & Engín, 2008)

Aksu goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: turani: Named for Davut Turan..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 40°N - , 38°E -

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Asia: Presently known only from the Aksu stream, Turkey.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75708); 8.3 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-19; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13. This species is characterized by the following features: nape completely covered with cycloid scales; width of head 1.5-1.6 depth; interorbit 0.3-0.5 eye diameter; angle of jaws ending below the pupil; snout 1.4-1.5 orbit of eye; upper lip 0.7-0.8 lateral preorbital area; length of pelvic 0.7-0.8 abdomen length; anterior membrane with lateral lobes 0.4-0.5 width of the rear edge; depth of caudal peduncle 0.5-0.7 own length; 2 suborbital transverse rows below row b; suborbital transverse rows 1, 2, and 3 begin more distant from orbit than row 4; D1 V-VI; D2 I/17-19; A I/13; P 19 (Ref. 75708).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a stream with fresh-running water and bottom covered with rounded pebbles, at an altitude of 8 m above sea level and 1.2 km away from the sea. Syntopic species found with this species were Barbus tauricus, Capoeta banarescui, Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Leuciscus cephalus, and Neogobius fluviatilis (Ref. 75708).

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Kovačić, M. and S. Engín, 2008. Two new species of Neogobius (Gobiidae) from northeastern Turkey. Cybium 32(1):73-80. (Ref. 75708)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)); Date assessed: 13 March 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).