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Valentyna Inshyna, Msc and Viktor Baranov, PhD, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gobiiformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Subfamily:
Gobiinae
Genus:
Ponticola
Species:
kessleri
Common:
Bighead goby
Climates:
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Horvatić, S., Malavasi, S., Vukić, J., Šanda, R., Marčić, Z., Ćaleta, M., Lorenzoni, M., Mustafić, P., Buj, I., Onorato, L., Ivić, L., Cavraro, F., Zanella, D. 2021. Correlation between Acoustic Divergence and Phylogenetic Distance in Soniferous European Gobiids (Gobiidae; Gobius Lineage). PLoS ONE, 16(12).
Horvatić et al. (2021)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Horvatić, S., Bem, L., Malavasi, S., Marčić, Z., Buj, I., Mustafić, P., Ćaleta, M., Zanella, D. 2019. Comparative Analysis of Sound Production Between the Bighead Goby Ponticola kessleri and the Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus: Implications for Phylogeny and Systematics. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(5): 727-739.
Horvatić et al. (2019)