Syrman goby

Syrman goby
Syrman goby from the Budaki Lagoon, SW Ukraine
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[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]

The head of the Syrman goby

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