Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiiformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Ponticola

Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ponticola*	Iljin, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius kessleri*	Günther, 1861	synonym
*Neogobius kessleri*	(Günther, 1861)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Kesslers grondel

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Ponticola kessleri, Hungary, by Harka, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1021174