Neogobius pallasi explained

Neogobius pallasi, the Caspian sand goby or the Caspian monkey goby, is a species of fish native to fresh and brackish waters of the Caspian Sea basin including the Volga drainage up to the vicinity of Moscow. It has been introduced into the Aral basin. This species of goby can reach a length of 20cm (10inches) SL. It is also important to local commercial fisheries.

Earlier it was considered as the Caspian subspecies of the Monkey goby, N. fluviatilis pallasi, but is now considered a full species in its own right.^[1] The specific name honours the naturalist and explorer Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) whose posthumous description of this taxon was published in 1814.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1): 84-102.https://archive.today/20120912165815/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4VCH6WR-1&_user=10&_coverDate=07/31/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1518120272&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=778f181204239976099e7aa4c1a021ee&searchtype=a
2. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p) . 17 August 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 14 July 2018.