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Ponticola
Ponticola is a genus of gobies native mostly to fresh waters of the Black Sea - Caspian Sea region in Eurasia. Some species occur in the brackish-water Black and Caspian seas themselves. It was considered to be part of the broader goby subfamily Benthophilinae, also endemic to the same region, although the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not list any subfamilies in the Gobiidae. Originally, Ponticola was described as subgenus of Neogobius.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Flatsnout Goby
speciesPonticola platyrostris
Bighead Goby
speciesPonticola kessleri
Caspian Bighead Goby
speciesPonticola gorlap
Ponticola odessicus
speciesPonticola odessicus
Pinchuk's Goby
speciesPonticola cephalargoides
Ratan Goby
speciesPonticola ratan
Kura Goby
speciesPonticola cyrius
Mushroom goby
speciesPonticola eurycephalus
Caucasian Goby
speciesPonticola constructor
Riverine Goby
speciesPonticola rhodioni
Turan's Goby
speciesPonticola turani
Syrman Goby
speciesPonticola syrman
Iranian Goby
speciesPonticola iranicus
Ponticola patimari
speciesPonticola patimari
Ponticola alasanicus
speciesPonticola alasanicus
Ponticola hircaniaensis
speciesPonticola hircaniaensis
Ponticola goebelii
speciesPonticola goebelii
Lyidere Goby
speciesPonticola rizensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91238.