Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Chornaya tubenose goby (Proterorhinus tataricus), recorded as Endangered
Chornaya tubenose goby (Proterorhinus tataricus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Chornaya tubenose goby

Proterorhinus tataricus

The Chornaya tubenose goby is a goby endemic to Crimea, Ukraine where it is only found in a short stretch of River Chornaya.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Proterorhinus tataricus
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Gobiidae · Proterorhinus

The goby

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

The Chornaya tubenose goby is a goby endemic to Crimea, Ukraine where it is only found in a short stretch of River Chornaya.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Water is extracted in large quantities for irrigation could cause the stream to completely dry out in summer and thus poses a critical risk of extinction in a near future.

Chornaya tubenose goby is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Chornaya tubenose goby — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q590664. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Chornaya tubenose goby?
Chornaya tubenose goby is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes) — Proterorhinus tataricus.
What is the conservation status of Chornaya tubenose goby?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Proterorhinus tataricus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Chornaya tubenose goby live?
The Chornaya tubenose goby is a goby endemic to Crimea, Ukraine where it is only found in a short stretch of River Chornaya.
Why is Chornaya tubenose goby in crisis?
Water is extracted in large quantities for irrigation could cause the stream to completely dry out in summer and thus poses a critical risk of extinction in a near future.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Proterorhinus tataricus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Chornaya tubenose goby a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.