''Mesogobius'' is one of the
genera of
benthophiline gobiid fishes native to the basins of the
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Caspian Sea
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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
{{Taxonbar, from=Q907095
Benthophilinae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot