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Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. [1] Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm (3.9 in) in length, and the family includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, such as Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea, Trimmatom nanus are under ...
The Gobiiformes / ˈ ɡ oʊ b i. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are an order of fish that includes the gobies and their relatives. [1] [2] The order, which was previously considered a suborder of Perciformes, is made up of about 2,211 species that are divided between seven families.
A goby of the genus Rhinogobius. Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments.
The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, / ˈ ɡ oʊ b i /; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and southern Mongolia.
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The Gobi bear population is restricted to 23,600 km 2 (9,100 sq mi) in areas that are in close proximity to water sources (Reynolds et al. 2010, Luvsamjamba et al. 2016), and the population is isolated from other populations by inhospitable low elevation deserts, pastoral activities, and human settlements. [4]
The reserve is an important refuge for some endangered large mammal species, such as the wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus), which was identified as a separate species in 2008 by the Veterinary University of Vienna, the Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis), the snow leopard (Uncia uncia), the argali wild sheep (Ovis ammon) and the Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus).
During the 2009–10 English football season, Notts County F.C. competed in Football League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.Shortly before the season began, Notts County was subject to a high-profile takeover by Munto Finance, which was controlled by a convicted fraudster.