Ponticola cyrius
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ponticola |
Species: | P. cyrius
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Binomial name | |
Ponticola cyrius (Kessler, 1874)
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Ponticola cyrius, the Kura goby, is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Kura River in the southern Caucasus countries of Georgia, Turkey,[3] Iran and Azerbaijan.[4] It reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL.[4] It lives in the upper parts of the Kura River, Massuleh River and the Pasikhan River and in the Anzali Mordab (Iran). Downstream in Kura it is replaced by Ponticola gorlap.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Ponticola cyrius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19513722A19849649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513722A19849649.en.
- ^ Kessler, K. T. 1874. A description of fishes belonging to the families common to both the Black and the Caspian seas. Trudy St. Petersburg. Obsh. Estestv. v. 5: 191-324, 1 pl.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ponticola cyrius" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b c Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)