Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon
📖 Overview
Inhabits high-gradient stretches of large rivers with fast (not turbulent) current and gravel or sand bottom. Nocturnal, found near shores at night on mud or sand bottom. Appears to spawn early and have a short spawning period. Only large juveniles were encountered in July .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 41 - 43. Head conical, wide, slightly flattened. Barbel long, reaching beyond posterior edge of eye, caudal peduncle low, epithelial crests on dorsal scales absent; supraorbital seismosensory canal not connected with infraorbital one ; and anal fin with 5½ branched rays .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
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