- Gorlap goby
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Gorlap goby 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Gobiidae Subfamily: Benthophilinae Genus: Ponticola Species: P. gorlap Binomial name Ponticola gorlap
(Iljin, 1949)Synonyms - Neogobius gorlap Iljin, 1949
- Neogobius iljini Vasil'yeva & Vasil'ev, 1996
- Neogobius kessleri gorlap Iljin, 1949
Gorlap goby or Caspian bighead goby (Ponticola gorlap), is a Ponto-Caspian species of family Gobiidae. Earlier mentioned as the Caspian subspecies of the bighead goby Ponticola kessleri.
Widespread in the Caspian Sea, in Volga upriver to Astrakhan until 1977, spread out to Ivankovo and Rybinsk Reservoirs (2000); invaded Don drainage (Black Sea basin) through Volga-Don Canal (first record in 1972). Abundant in the Tsimlyansk Reservoir and lower Don.
Links
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Ponticola gorlap. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- Ponticola gorlap in FishBase
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