Mesogobius is one of the genera of benthophiline gobiid fishes native to the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas.

Mesogobius
Mesogobius batrachocephalus, the knout goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Mesogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius batrachocephalus
Pallas, 1814

Species edit

There are two or three recognized species in this genus:.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mesogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)