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Gobionidae (Gudgeons)
Eponymy: John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist and ornithologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Bănărescu & Nalbant.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126141)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by having 44-45 pored lateral-line scales; four scale rows below the lateral line; eye diameter about half of the interorbital width; second branched pectoral-fin ray not prolonged (Ref. 126141).
Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chen, X., M. Wang, L. Cao and E. Zhang, 2022. Gobiobotia lii, a new species of gudgeon (Teleostei, Gobionidae) from the middle Chang-Jiang Basin, central China, with notes on the validity of G. nicholsi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966. Zoosyst. Evol. 98(1):93-107. (Ref. 126141)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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