black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Synonyms: None.
Common names: None.
Benthophiloides brauneri (Beling & Iljin, 1927)
Order PERCIFORMES
Family GOBHDAE
Taxonomic description. D VI, 111-13; AI 9-11; P 18-20. Vertebrae: 27-29
(Gheorgiev, 1966). Head wide, dorso-ventrally depressed. Body depth 60-66 % of
body width. Upper lip uniformly wide. Eyes 20-24 % of head length. Colour: with
broad dark band across behind pectoral fin and below first dorsal. Size up to 7.2 cm,
IUCN Status
World level:
Black Sea Regional level:
Subregion level: VU (Bulgarian Coast)
Distribution. Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian estuaries and rivers (Miller,
1986). In Bulgaria only in Lake Shabla.
Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. In fresh and brackish waters;
limited by changes in hydrological regime of Lake Shabla.
Biology. Reproduction: July-August. Food: chironomid larvae, small crustaceans,
gastropods.
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