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Freshwater Organisms in Pixels Fish of the Amur River List of fish

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Mesocottus haitej (Dybowski, 1869) Rhinogobius lindbergi Berg, 1933

Amur sculpin Amur goby

Korean name Mongolian name Sample number Korean name Mongolian name Sample number
Амарын зантгар загас NNIBR-P36401 Амарын эрээн живэрт NNIBR-P11528

Form Form
Body darkish gray or brownish. Belly is light. Skin is thick, covered by spinules which absent only on the Body elongate, slightly compressed in sides. Body color yellow, sides with 6-8 big, dark spots, back
abdomen. In upper part of body have three dark vertical stripes which start under the second dorsal fin same with darkish spots. Snout short. Eyes big. Mouth terminal. Preopercular canal merely with 2
and extend up to base of caudal fin. Dorsal, caudal and pectoral fins with horizontal black stripes, but terminal pores. Dorsal fins separated. Dorsal and anal fins shorter, caudal fin rounded. Pelvic fin shorter
pelvic and anal fins are light. Pelvic fins short, not reach anus. On the jaws and palate have teeth. Eyes than pectoral fins. Dorsal fin rays vi, 1 8-9. Anal fin rays 1 8-9
small. Caudal fin rounded. Gill rakers 4-6. Dorsal fin rays VIII-IX, 12-15. Anal fin rays 10-13. Lateral line Distribution
with 35 scales.
In Mongolia: in Lake Buir and in River Khalkh. Outside Mongolia: from the Amur drainage.
Distribution Ecological characteristics
In Mongolia: Onon drainage. Outside Mongolia: Amur drainage; northern Sakhalin; Yaludzyan drainage.
Inhabit lakes and rivers. Occurs in shore of rivers. Bottom dwelling small fish. Body length usually 4-5
Ecological characteristics cm. Feed on cladocers and copepods and on larvae of chironomids.
Inhabits relatively cold, oxygen rich and clean running waters. In large rivers basically occurs in spring
and fall. Often hiding under rocks. Body length reach up to 20 cm. Spawning in May. Usually feeds on
benthic insect larvae and also feed on fish.

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