| Danube whitefin gudgeon | |
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| from the Morava River, Czech Republic | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
| Genus: | Romanogobio |
| Species: | R. vladykovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Romanogobio vladykovi (P. W. Fang, 1943) | |
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The Danube whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio vladykovi) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in the drainage of the Danube river in Europe. The species has been known to reach a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in); the oldest reported age for the species is 4 years. Its diet includes insect larvae.
Etymology
The scientific name of the species was chosen in honor of Vadim D. Vladykov [uk] (1898–1986), a Ukrainian ichthyologist.
References
- Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Romanogobio vladykovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135652A4171268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135652A4171268.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Romanogobio vladykovi". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order Cypriniformes: Families Acheilognathidae, Gobionidae and Tanichthyidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
Sources
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Romanogobio vladykovi". FishBase. November 2014 version.
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| Romanogobio vladykovi |
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