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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''. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ponticola bathybius'' ( Kessler, 1877) * '' Ponticola cephalargoides'' ( Pinchuk, 1976) * '' Ponticola constructor'' ( Nordmann, 1840) (Caucasian goby) * '' Ponticola cyrius'' ( Kessler, 1874) * '' Ponticola eurycephalus'' ( Kessler, 1874) (Mushroom goby) * '' Ponticola gorlap'' ( Iljin, 1949) (Caspian bighead goby) * '' Ponticola gymnotrachelus'' ( Kessler, 1857) * '' Ponticola iljini'' ( Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1996) (Eastern Caspian bighead goby) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Iranicus
''Ponticola'' is a genus of gobies native species, 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 (biology), subfamily Benthophilinae, also endemism, 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''. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Ponticola bathybius'' (Karl Fedorovich Kessler, Kessler, 1877) * ''Ponticola cephalargoides'' (Vitaly Iustinovich Pinchuk, Pinchuk, 1976) * ''Ponticola constructor'' (Alexander von Nordmann, Nordmann, 1840) (Caucasian goby) * ''Ponticola cyrius'' (Karl Fedorovich Kessler, Kessler, 1874) * ''Ponticola eurycephalus'' (Karl Fedorovich Kessler, Kessler, 1874) (Mushroom goby) * ''Ponticola gorlap'' (Boris Sergee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Iljini
''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''. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ponticola bathybius'' ( Kessler, 1877) * '' Ponticola cephalargoides'' ( Pinchuk, 1976) * '' Ponticola constructor'' ( Nordmann, 1840) (Caucasian goby) * '' Ponticola cyrius'' ( Kessler, 1874) * '' Ponticola eurycephalus'' ( Kessler, 1874) (Mushroom goby) * '' Ponticola gorlap'' ( Iljin, 1949) (Caspian bighead goby) * '' Ponticola gymnotrachelus'' ( Kessler, 1857) * '' Ponticola iljini'' ( Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1996) (Eastern Caspian bighead goby) Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Cephalargoides
Pinchuk's goby (''Ponticola cephalargoides'') is a species of goby native to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Characteristics The body of adults is prolonged, not very high. Only juveniles have high and short body. Сaudal peduncle is very high (highest between al representatives of genus ''Ponticola''), short and flattened from sides (its high is equal its length). The scales on the caudal peduncle are not very big. Head is flattened from sides, snout profile is round, cheeks are round. Superior lip is broad, relatively short. Premaxilla short (especially in juveniles), with sparse strong lips. First dorsal fin is rounded, has a narrow yellow-orange stripe on the edge. This species can reach a length of NG. Range In the northwestern and northeastern parts of the Black Sea, also in some parts of the Sea of Azov The Sea of Azov is an inland Continental shelf#Shelf seas, shelf sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Eurycephalus
The mushroom goby (''Ponticola eurycephalus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobiidae, the "true gobies". This species is endemic to the northern Black Sea. Taxonomy The mushroom goby was first formally described as ''Gobius eurycephalus'' in 1874 by the Baltic German zoologist Karl Kessler with its type locality given as Enikale near Kerch in the Crimea, Ukraine. This species is now classified in the genus ''Ponticola'' which was proposed by Alexander von Nordmann in 1840 and which is classified in the family Gobiidae. Etymology The mushroom goby is a member of the genus ''Ponticola'', a name which suffixes ''-cola'', which means "dweller in" , onto ''Pontos'', the Greek name for the southern Black Sea. This is a reference to the Black Sea distribution of these gobies. The specific name combines ''eury'', which means "broad", with ''cephalus'', meaning "head", referring to the head of this species being broader than its depth. Distribution a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Cyrius
''Ponticola cyrius'', the Kura goby, is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Kura River in the southern Caucasus countries of Georgia, Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ....Brian W. CoadFreshwater Fishes of Iran(accessed 18 Feb 2015) It reaches a length of SL. It lives in the upper parts of the Kura River, Massuleh River and the Pasikhan River and in the Anzali Mordab (Iran). Downstream in Kura it is replaced by '' Ponticola gorlap''. References Ponticola Freshwater fish of Western Asia Taxa named by Karl Kessler Fish described in 1874 {{Gobiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Ratan
The ratan goby (''Ponticola ratan'') is a species of goby native to brackish and marine waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea. In the Caspian Sea it is presented by subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ... ''Ponticola ratan goebeli''. It occurs in inshore waters, inhabiting areas with stone or gravel substrates. This species can reach a length of TL. References External links * http://fish.kiev.ua/pages/ukrfishm/ukrfishm79.htm * http://www.grid.unep.ch/bsein/redbook/txt/neogob-r.htm?%20PISCES Ponticola Fish of Europe Fish of the Caspian Sea Fish of the Black Sea Fish described in 1840 Taxa named by Alexander von Nordmann {{Gobiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Gorlap
''Ponticola gorlap'', or the Caspian bighead goby, is a species of goby, a benthic fish native to the Caspian Sea basin. It is widespread in lower parts of many rivers in Iran, and also found in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.Brian W. CoadFreshwater Fishes of Iran(accessed 18 Feb 2015) In Russia, it occurred in the lowest part of the Volga up to Astrakhan until 1977, but has thereafter spread upstream. In 2000 it was recorded as being established in the Ivankovo and Rybinsk Reservoirs in the Moscow region, and already invaded the Don drainage by way of the Volga–Don Canal Lenin Volga–Don Shipping Canal (Russian language, Russian: Волго-Донской судоходный канал имени, ''В. И. Ленина, Volga-Donskoy sudokhodniy kanal imeni V. I. Lenina'', abbreviated ВДСК, ''VDSK'') is a ... in 1972. This species occurs in sheltered environments, such as inshore fresh or brackish waters of estuaries, lagoons, lakes and large rivers, where it prefers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Constructor
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 Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which .... This species is strictly a fresh water species and will not enter brackish water. It can reach a length of SL. References Ponticola Fish described in 1840 Freshwater fish of Western Asia Fish of Russia Fish of Georgia (country) {{Gobiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponticola Bathybius
''Neogobius bathybius'' is a species of goby endemic to the Caspian Sea, where it occurs in depths down to . It is strictly confined to the brackish-water basin and does not enter fresh waters. It can grow up to a length of TL. The species was transferred to the genus '' Ponticola'' from '' Neogobius'' on the basis of relationship revealed in molecular investigations.Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock ( Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei Teleostei (; Ancient Greek, Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts (), is, by far, the largest group of ray-finned fishes (class Actinopterygii), with 96% of all neontology, extant species of f ...). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1): 84-10/ref> On the other hand, recent molecular studies have proven that this species belongs entirely to the genus '' Neogobius''. References Neogobiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthophilinae
The Benthophilinae are a subfamily of gobies endemic to the Ponto-Caspian region (including the Sea of Marmara, Marmara, Black Sea, Black, Sea of Azov, Azov, Caspian Sea, Caspian, and Aral Seas). The subfamily includes about 50 species. The representatives of the subfamily have fused pelvic fins and elongated dorsal and anal fins. They are distinguished from the closely related subfamily Gobiinae by the absence of a swimbladder in adults and location of the uppermost rays of the pectoral fins within the fin membrane. The Catalog of Fishes still considers these fishes as belonging to the subfamily Gobiinae. Systematics of the subfamily * Tribe (biology), Tribe Benthophilini ** ''Anatirostrum'' ** ''Benthophiloides'' ** ''Benthophilus'' (type genus) ** ''Caspiosoma'' * Tribe (biology), Tribe Neogobiini ** ''Neogobius'' (type genus) * Tribe (biology), Tribe Ponticolini ** ''Babka (fish), Babka'' ** ''Mesogobius'' ** ''Ponticola'' (type genus) ** ''Proterorhinus''Neilson M.E., Stepi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau. It covers a surface area of (excluding the highly saline lagoon of Garabogazköl to its east), an area approximately equal to that of Japan, with a volume of . It has a salinity of approximately 1.2% (12 g/L), about a third of the salinity of average seawater. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The name of the Caspian Sea is derived from the ancient Iranian peoples, Iranic Caspians, Caspi people. The sea stretches from north to south, with an average width of . Its gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
