Romanogobio pentatrichus Naseka & Bogutskaya, 1998

Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			Google Image (not verified) May show another species!
Order:	Cypriniformes (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
In this site name:	Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon
Max. size:	10.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 28796)
Environment:	benthopelagic; freshwater
Climate:	temperate
Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Former USSR: known only from the Kuban River and the Laba, its left tributary. It is probably endemic to the Kuban basin.
Morphology:	Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 41 – 43. Head conical, wide, slightly flattened. Barbel long, reaching beyond posterior edge of eye, caudal peduncle low, epithelial crests on dorsal scales absent; supraorbital seismosensory canal not connected with infraorbital one (Ref. 28796).
Biology:
Red List Status:	Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:	harmless
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