Ponticola cyrius

Ponticola cyrius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Species:
P. cyrius
Binomial name
Ponticola cyrius
(Kessler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Gobius cyrius Kessler, 1874
  • Neogobius cyrius (Kessler, 1874)
  • Gobius weidemanni Kessler, 1874

Ponticola cyrius, the Kura goby, is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Kura River in the southern Caucasus countries of Georgia, Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan. It reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL. 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ponticola cyrius". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. 1 2 3 Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)