Caucasian goby

Caucasian goby
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T187867A8637324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T187867A8637324.en.
^ 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.) (2013). "Ponticola constructor" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[IUCN-1] Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Ponticola constructor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T187867A8637324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T187867A8637324.en.

[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.) (2013). "Ponticola constructor" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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Caucasian goby
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
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)^[2]