Biology:Mushroom goby

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Mushroom goby
Mushroom goby in aquarium.jpg
Mushroom goby from the Sukhyi Estuary, Black Sea, SW Ukraine
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Species:
P. eurycephalus
Binomial name
Ponticola eurycephalus
(Kessler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Pinchuk, 1977 Kessler, 1874
  • Pinchuk, 1977 Neogobius eurycephalus
  • Gobius eurycephalus (Kessler, 1874)
  • Neogobius platyrostris odessicus Neogobius eurycephalus odessicus

The mushroom goby (Ponticola eurycephalus) is a species of goby native to the Black Sea where it can be found along the coasts from Bulgaria to the Crimea. Mostly a species of marine and brackish waters, it is known to enter fresh waters in the delta of the Danube River. This species prefers inshore waters with rocks or fallen trees. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2011). "Ponticola eurycephalus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T188113A8642168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T188113A8642168.en. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola eurycephalus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3757394 entry