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Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Gobiidae
genus
Ponticola
species
Ponticola kessleri

Name

Synonyms
Gobius kessleri Günther, 1861
Gobius platycephalus Kessler, 1857
Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861)
Homonyms
Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861)
Common names
Babka potokowa in Polish
Bighead goby, Kessler's goby in English
Gobie de Kessler in French
Gobie de Kessler in French
Gobie à grosse tête in French
Gobio de Cabeza Grande in Spanish
Gobio de Kessler in Spanish
Guvid de balta in Romanian
Guvid de baltă in Romanian
Guvid-de-baltă in Romanian
Hlaváč Kesslerův in Czech
Keslerio grundalas in Lithuanian
Keslerov galvoćić in Croatian
Kessler géb in Hungarian
Kessler-Grundel in German
Kessler-géb in Hungarian
Kesslergrundel in German
Kesslers grondel in Dutch
Kesslers grondel in Dutch
bighead goby in language.
bighead goby in English
bighead goby in English
bighead goby in English
býčko hlavatý in Slovak
golovatsh goby in English
golovatsh goby in language.
kalınbaşlı kaya balığı in Turkish
kaya balığı in Turkish
kesslers grondel in Dutch
tonavantokko in Finnish
Бичок головань in Ukrainian
Бичок головач in Ukrainian
Бичок-головань in Ukrainian
Бичок-головач in Ukrainian
Бычок Кесслера in Russian
Бычок головач in Russian
Главоч главаш in Serbian
Кеслерово попче in Bulgarian
бычок-головач in Russian
Bighead Goby in English
Kesslers grondel in Dutch
Kesslers grondel in Dutch
storhuvad smörbult in Swedish
storhuvad smörbult in Swedish
Gobie de Kessler in French
Guvid de baltă in Romanian
Keslerov galvoćić in Croatian
Kessler-Grundel in German
Kessler-géb in Hungarian
Kesslers grondel in language.

Bibliographic References

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  2. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  3. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  4. Froese & Pauly (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
  5. Froese & Pauly (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
  6. Froese, D. (eds.) (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.www.fishbase.org, (10/2016 ).
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. http://www.catalogueoflife.org
  10. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  11. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  12. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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