Caucasian goby

Caucasian goby
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae
Genus:	Ponticola
Species:	P. constructor
Binomial name
	Ponticola constructor; (Nordmann, 1840)
Synonyms
	Gobius constructor Nordmann, 1840; Gobius cephalarges constructor Nordmann, 1840; Neogobius cephalarges constructor (Nordmann, 1840); Neogobius constructor (Nordmann, 1840);

The Caucasian goby (Ponticola constructor) is a species of goby native to rivers of the Caucasus draining to the Black Sea in Europe and Asia.^[1] This species is strictly a fresh water species and will not enter brackish water. It can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Ponticola constructor. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 19 September 2013.
^ Nordmann, A. von. 1840. Observations sur la fauna pontique. In: A. de Démidoff. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Vol. III: 353-635. Paris.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola constructor". FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[IUCN-1] Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Ponticola constructor. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 19 September 2013.

[2] Nordmann, A. von. 1840. Observations sur la fauna pontique. In: A. de Démidoff. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Vol. III: 353-635. Paris.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola constructor". FishBase. June 2013 version.

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