FB-25973 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25973 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Benthophilus Benthophilus magistri Iljin, 1927 Gavmahi-e-sargondeh Caboz-de-Kessler Kesslers kutling Kessler-Grundel Bighead goby Kessler's Goby Kessleri pontosmudil Tonavantokko Gobie à grosse tête Bychok-golovach Kaya balığı Бичок-головань Guvid de balta Guvid de baltă Mitroace گاو ماهي 大头新鰕虎鱼 大頭新鰕虎魚 Gobius kessleri Günther, 1861 Gobius platycephalus Kessler, 1857 Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861) 1997-01-20 2024-05-21 Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström0 Süßwasserfische. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München. 224 p. (Ref. 556) Svetovidov, A.N.0 Handbook of the fauna of the USSR, fishes of the Black Sea. Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Moscow, 550 p. (Ref. 897) Berg, L.S.0 Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 3, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949). (Ref. 2058) Baensch, H.A. and R. 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Vestnik Zoologii, 43(3): 286 (Ref. 87033) AFMAFEWM (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management)0 Checklist of species in Austria. Federal Office for Water Management, Institute of Waters Ecology, Fisheries and Lake Research. (Ref. 87703) Borcherding, J., S. Gertzen and S. Staas0 First record of Pontian racer goby, <i>Babka gymnotrachelus</i> (Gobiidae: Teleostei), in the River Rhine, Germany. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27(6):1399-1400. (Ref. 88692) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) Dinh, Q.M.0 Aspects of reproductive biology of the red goby <i>Trypauchen vagina</i> (Gobiidae) from the Mekong Delta. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 34(1):103-110. (Ref. 126681) Kováč, V., G.H. Copp and R.P. Sousa0 Life-history traits of invasive bighead goby <i>Neogobius kessleri</i> (Günther, 1861) from the middle Danube River, with a reflection on which goby species may win the competition. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 25(1):33-37. (Ref. 126972) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2010-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Usually in freshwater and brackish water with very low salinity (< 2 ppt); in lower rivers and lagoons, lakes, large rivers, harbours on rocky or well-vegetated bottom (reed thickets) in still waters as well as rapids. Initial spawning at 2 years, in March to May, where adhesive eggs are deposited on stones, shells and aquatic plants; while males guard the eggs until hatching. (Ref. 59043). Feeds on crustaceans (mysids, corophiid amphipods) and small fish (gobies) (Ref. 4696). Kottelat, M. 1997 European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-systematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation. Biologia, Bratislava, 52/Suppl. 5:1-271. (Ref. 13696) FB-DiagnosticDescr-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-06-24 00:00:00 2010-06-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats This species is distinguished from related species in the Black Sea basin by the following characters: 75-95 % of distance between its origin and anus; ctenoid scales completely cover predorsal area and nape; pelvic disc fraenum with angular lobes, fraenum length 1/6-1/2 of its width at base; scales in midlateral series 68-72 + 3-4; snout length 1.5-2.0 times in eye diameter; first branched ray of second dorsal about as long as penultimate ray; posterior part of first dorsal without black spot (Ref. 59043). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Distribution-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2024-11-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Europe and Asia: Danube delta (Braila, Lake Brates); Lakes Kagul, Yalpukh, Katlabukh, Kitai. Dniester from the liman to the region of Kamentes-Podol'sk. Dnieper to Dnepropetrovsk; Odessa and all coasts of the Caspian Sea; and Volga at Astrakhan. Absent from the Sea of Azov. In Ref. 92840, it reported that this species reached the North Sea basin through an artificial waterway connecting the Danube with the Rhine (well-documented) and within 4 years, the species colonized all suitable riverhabitats downstream of the invasion site. Miller, P.J. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696) FB-Uses-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2010-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström 1968 Süßwasserfische. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München. 224 p. (Ref. 556) FB-LifeCycle-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2010-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=25977&StockCode=20488 Adhesive eggs deposited on stones, shells and aquatic plants. Males guard eggs until hatching. (Ref.59043). Sokolov, L.I. and L.S. Berdicheskii 1989 Acipenseridae. p. 150-153. In J. Holcík (ed.) The freshwater fishes of Europe. Vol. 1, Part II. General introduction to fishes Acipenseriformes. AULA-Verlag Wiesbaden. 469 p. (Ref. 9953) FB-TrophicStrategy-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-01-23 00:00:00 2001-02-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public kessleri http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Occurs in lower rivers and lagoons, on rocky bottom or in reed thickets. Feeds on crustaceans (mysids, corophiid amphipods) and small fish (gobies). Luo, Y. 1998 Leuciscinae. p. 61-112. In Chen, Y.-Y. and et al. (Eds). Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Cypriniformes II. Science Press. Beijing. 1-531. FB-Size-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2010-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 22.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 556)) Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström 1968 Süßwasserfische. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München. 224 p. (Ref. 556) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-25977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-01-21 00:00:00 2010-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=25977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish