Syrman goby

Syrman goby
	Syrman goby from the Budaki Lagoon, SW Ukraine
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae
Genus:	Ponticola
Species:	P. syrman
Binomial name
	Ponticola syrman; (Nordmann, 1840)
Synonyms
	Gobius syrman Nordmann, 1840; Neogobius syrman (Nordmann, 1840); Gobius trautvetteri Kessler, 1859; Gobius eurystomus Kessler, 1877; Neogobius syrman eurystomus (Kessler, 1877); Gobius hybridus Iljin, 1956;

The Syrman goby (Ponticola syrman) is a species of goby native to marine, brackish and probably fresh waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea basins. They inhabit inshore waters with substrates composed of shell fragments, sand, mud or muddy sand. This species can reach a length of 24.5 centimetres (9.6 in) TL.^[2]

References

^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Ponticola syrman. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 September 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola syrman". FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[1] Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Ponticola syrman. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 September 2013.

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

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