Ponticola

Ponticola
Ponticola bathybius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Benthophilinae
Genus: Ponticola
Iljin, 1927
Type species
Gobius ratan
Nordmann, 1840

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.[1][2] It is part of the broader goby subfamily Benthophilinae, also endemic to the same region. Originally, Ponticola was described as subgenus of Neogobius.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Ponticola in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. Neilson, M.E. & Stepien C.A. (2009). "Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52 (1): 84–102.
  3. Vasil’eva, E.D., Schwarzhans, W.W., Medvedev, D.A. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2016): Cryptic Species of Ponto-Caspian Bighead Goby of the Genus Ponticola (Gobiidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 1-18.
  4. Vasil’eva, E.D., Mousavi-Sabet, H. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2015). "Ponticola iranicus sp. nov. (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Caspian Sea basin" (PDF). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 45 (2): 189–197.
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