Gobiidae

Bighead goby

Ponticola kessleri

Twenty Two Centimeters Goby of European Waters

• Temperate
• Lower river
• Transcontinental
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Ponticola kessleri, the bighead goby or Kessler's goby, is a species of goby native to Eurasia. The bighead goby is a Ponto-Caspian relict species. It inhabits the fresh and oligohaline waters, with mineralisation from 0–0.5‰ up to 1.5–3.0‰.