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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Ponticola

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14 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ponticola bathybius Former USSR and Asia 29.3 TL 1877
Ponticola cephalargoides Black Sea 25 NG 1976
Ponticola constructor Caucasian goby Europe 20 SL 1840
Ponticola cyrius Kura goby Asia 1.9 SL 1874
Ponticola eurycephalus Mushroom goby Europe 20 TL 1874
Ponticola gorlap Caspian bighead goby Eurasia 32.6 TL 1949
Ponticola iranicus Iranian Goby Eurasia 14 TL 2015
Ponticola kessleri Bighead goby Europe and Asia 22 TL 1861
Ponticola platyrostris Flatsnout goby Black Sea 22.5 TL 1814
Ponticola ratan Ratan goby Eurasia 20 TL 1840
Ponticola rhodioni Riverine goby Europe and Asia 14 TL 1994
Ponticola rizensis Iyidere goby Asia 12.4 SL 2008
Ponticola syrman Syrman goby Europe and Asia 24.5 TL 1840
Ponticola turani Aksu goby Asia 8.8 SL 2008



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