Biology:Pinchuk's goby

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Short description: Species of fish

Pinchuk's goby
Ponticola cephalargoides 1.jpg
P. cephalargoides from the Gulf of Odessa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Species:
P. cephalargoides
Binomial name
Ponticola cephalargoides
Synonyms
  • Neogobius cephalargoides Pinchuk, 1976

Pinchuk's goby (Ponticola cephalargoides) is a species of goby native to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

Characteristics

The body of adults is prolonged, not very high. Only juveniles have high and short body. Сaudal peduncle is very high (highest between al representatives of genus Ponticola), short and flattened from sides (its high is equal its length).[2] The scales on the caudal peduncle are not very big. Head is flattened from sides, snout profile is round, cheeks are round. Superior lip is broad, relatively short. Premaxilla short (especially in juveniles), with sparse strong lips. First dorsal fin is rounded, has a narrow yellow-orange stripe on the edge. This species can reach a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) NG.[3]

Range

In the northwestern and northeastern parts of the Black Sea, also in some parts of the Sea of Azov.[4] Habits same habitats with the ratan goby Ponticola ratan. With the flatsnout goby Ponticola platyrostris is separated geographically.

References

  1. Herler, J.; Kovacic, M.; Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ponticola cephalargoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T18160456A45110572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18160456A45110572.en. 
  2. Pinchuk V.I. (1976) Sistematica bychkov poda Gobius Linne (otechestvennyje vidy), Neogobius Iljin i Mesogobius Bleeker. J. Ichthyol., 16(4): 600-610. (in Russian)
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola cephalargoides" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. Miller P.J. (1986) Gobiidae. In: Whitehead P.J.P., Bauchot M.-L., Hureau J.-C., Nielsen J., Tortonese E. (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Vol. 3. UNESCO, Paris.

Wikidata ☰ Q2186276 entry