Gobiidae

Turan's goby

Ponticola turani

Goby Reaching Eight Point Eight Centimeters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Turan's goby (Ponticola turani) is a Ponto-Caspian species of goby endemic fish native to Turkey where it is only found in the Aksu Deresi stream. This species is found in a fresh water stream with a substrate of rounded pebbles. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL while females only reach 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) SL. The fish is named after Turkish biologist, Dr.