Gobiidae

Kura River goby

Ponticola cyrius

Goby Reaching One Point Nine Centimeters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Asia (unspecified)
• Small
• Temperate fish

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. It reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) 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.