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Caucasian goby

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Species of fish

Caucasian goby
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
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)

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. 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.

References

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Ponticola constructor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T187867A8637324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T187867A8637324.en.
  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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola constructor". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Ponticola constructor


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