black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Neogobius syrman Nordmann, 1840
Synonyms: Gobius syrman Nordmann, 1840; Gobius trautwetteri Kessler, 1859
Common names: Engl: Syrman goby; Bulg: Sirman; Russ: Shirman; Turk: Kaya
baligi; Ukr: Shirman
Order PERCIFORMES
Family GOBITDAE
Taxonomic description. D VI, 115-19; A112-15; P 18-21. Scales in lateral series
59-67. Vertebrae 33-36. Head depth 1.1-1.2 of width. Eye diameter 0.16-0.26 of
head length. Upper lip thin and long. Angle of jaws below anterior part of pupil.
Pelvic disc 0.19-0.24 SL. Anterior membrane with shallow, rounded, lateral lobes.
Caudal peduncle depth about half its own length. Suborbital papillae with eight
transverse rows. Colour: body grey to grey-brown with large brown spots in
staggered rows. Size up to 22 cm (Gheorgiev, 1966).
IUCN Status
World level:
Black Sea Regional level:
Subregion level: CR (Bulgarian Coast)
Distribution. Estuaries of Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea (Miller, 1986).
In Bulgaria in Lakes Burgas and Mandra.
Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. Lives inshore, on stony gravels,
sand, muddy sand or mud; in slightly brackish, rarely in freshwater; Lakes Mandra
and Burgas.
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