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🌿 Brackish Least Concern 🐠 Aquarium 🌡️ Temperate

Flatsnout goby

Ponticola platyrostris Pallas, 1814
Max Length
22.5 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.7
Depth
-
Climate
Temperate
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
31.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Restricted to brackish water habitats, endemic to Black and Caspian Seas. . Occurs inshore, among boulders, rocks, stones and Cystoseira but is also known to live over gravelly bottoms offshore, away from inlets .

Scientific Name
Ponticola platyrostris
Authority
Pallas, 1814
Habitat
Brackish
Climate
Temperate
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
22.5 cm
Trophic Level
3.7
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
31.00/100

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 20; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. : elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Flatsnout goby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Brackish; demersal. Temperate; 47°N - 41°N, 33°E - 42°E southeast Crimea to Batum.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌿 Brackish ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.7±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00851 × L3.09 (TL)
Max TL
22.5cm
Dorsal Spines
7
Dorsal Rays
18
Anal Spines
1
Anal Rays
13

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2024

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
31.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.7
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Pallas, 1814

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