''Mesogobius'' is a genus of
Gobiidae
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, native to the basins of the
Black
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and
Caspian Sea
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s.
Species
There are two or three recognized species in this genus:.
[Brian W. Coad]
Freshwater Fishes of Iran
(accessed 18 Feb 2015)
* ''
Mesogobius batrachocephalus''
(Pallas
Pallas may refer to:
Astronomy
* 2 Pallas asteroid
** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas
* Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1814) (Knout goby)
* ''
Mesogobius nigronotatus''
( Kessler, 1877) (? = ''
M. nonultimus'')
[
* '' Mesogobius nonultimus'' (Iljin, 1936)
]
References
Benthophilinae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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