Caucasian goby

Caucasian goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Subfamily: Benthophilinae
Genus: Ponticola
Species: P. constructor
Binomial name
Ponticola constructor
(Nordmann, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Gobius constructor Nordmann, 1840
  • Gobius cephalarges constructor Nordmann, 1840
  • Neogobius cephalarges constructor (Nordmann, 1840)
  • Neogobius constructor (Nordmann, 1840)[2]

The Caucasian goby (Ponticola constructor) is a species of goby native to rivers of the Caucasus draining to the Black Sea in Europe and Asia.[1] This species is strictly a fresh water species and will not enter brackish water. It can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Ponticola constructor. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 19 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Nordmann, A. von. 1840. Observations sur la fauna pontique. In: A. de Démidoff. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Vol. III: 353-635. Paris.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola constructor" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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