The ratan goby (''Ponticola ratan'') is a species of
goby native to
brackish
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...
and marine waters of the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
, the
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
and the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
. In the
Caspian Sea
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it is presented by
subspecies
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''Ponticola ratan goebeli''. It occurs in inshore waters, inhabiting areas with stone or gravel substrates. This species can reach a length of
TL.
References
External links
* http://fish.kiev.ua/pages/ukrfishm/ukrfishm79.htm
* http://www.grid.unep.ch/bsein/redbook/txt/neogob-r.htm?%20PISCES
Ponticola
Fish of Europe
Fish of the Caspian Sea
Fish of the Black Sea
Fish described in 1840
Taxa named by Alexander von Nordmann
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