Caucasian goby

Ponticola constructor

Twenty Centimeters Goby from Asian Waters

Temperate
Coastal
Transcontinental
Freshwater fish
Europe
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Europe: western tributaries of River Kuban in northern Caucasus. Asia: coastal Black Sea drainages of southern Caucasus from Chorokh to Psyrtskha.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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