The Caspian gudgeon (''Gobio holurus'') is a freshwater fish species in the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
. It is a small fish, less than 10 cm, which is distributed in the drainages of the Western
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
basin (
Kuma,
Terek and
Sulak Sulak may refer to:
;Places
*Sulak, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Sulak, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
* Sulak, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia
*Sulak, Silvan
...
river drainages) in Russia and adjacent countries. It is widespread and not threatened, but there is no information about its biology.
References
holurus
Fish described in 1976
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