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Volga Gudgeon

Gobio volgensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 32, February 24, March 37, April 59, May 85, June 92, July 99, August 85, September 62, October 46, November 25, December 20.
United States666
Alaska666
Russia199
Moscow Oblast29
Yaroslavl Oblast24
Bashkortostan21
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast19
Moscow16
Chuvashia15
Vladimir Oblast12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyGudgeons · Gobionidae
GenusGobio

Sources

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