''Ponticola rizensis'' is a species of gobiid fish

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

where it is known only from the

İyidere İyidere is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey, 14 km from the city of Rize. Formerly known as ''Aspet'', İyidere is a green rural district. The local economy depends on growing and process ...

stream drainage, close to the cities of

Rize Rize (Greek language, Greek: ρίζα, Laz language, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian language, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize ...

(from which the specific name is derived) and

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

. The species was described as new to science in 2008. It occurs in a fresh water stream with a bottom consisting of rounded pebbles. Males of this species can reach a length of SL while females only reach SL.

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Ponticola Endemic fauna of Turkey Fish of Turkey Fish described in 2008 {{Gobiidae-stub