Rhinogobius lindbergi Berg, 1933

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 434

Rhinogobius lindbergi Berg, 1933 [I] ― Lindberg’s goby/ none

Taxonomy. Original description: Rhinogobius similis lindbergi Berg, 1933: 654 , fig. 612 [Amur River and Ussuri River, Russia; no types known]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: Berg (1949: 1078) as Rhinogobius similis lindbergi ; Gobius semilunaris Heckel, 1837 . ― Illustration: Berg (1933: fig. 612) as Rhinogobius similis lindbergi .

Status in Türkiye. First report from Türkiye by Kaya (2022). ― Turkish materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Introduced to Aras basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 24-Aras. ― General distribution: East Asia: Amur River basin ( Russia and Heilongjiang, China); introduced elsewhere. ― Distribution in ecoregions: 434-Kura - South Caspian Drainages. ― Habitat: This species inhabits freshwater lakes and rivers. It lives in shallow areas of rivers with a weak current and rocky or sandy soil, in shallow water with sandy bottoms. This species feeds on small crustaceans, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Larvae of the goby are often found in the summer in planktonic gatherings when they are caught in mouth sections of the rivers. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Reasons of introduction. Unknown: Inadvertently introduced by transboundary waterways for no known reason or method.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Synbranchiformes

Mastacembeloidei

Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839 (freshwater spinyeels)