Ponticola turani ( Kovacic & Engin, 2008 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 433

Ponticola turani ( Kovacic & Engin, 2008) [E] ― Aksu goby/Kaya balığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Neogobius turani Kovacic & Engin, 2008: 77 , figs. 4-5 [Giresun, Aksu stream, northeastern Türkiye; holotype: FFR 1017]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Kovacic and Engin (2008: 77, figs. 4-5).

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Kovacic and Engin (2008). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Bilecenoğlu et al. (2014); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: FFR.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: northeastern Black Sea watersheds. ― Distribution in river basins: 22-Doğu Karadeniz, 23-Çoruh. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Black Sea tributary, Giresun Province ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 433-Western Transcaucasia. ― Habitat: This species inhabits streams and small rivers. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: VU. ― IUCN: VU (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: CON. ― Low sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Decreasing. ― Low priority for conservation action.

Proterorhinus marmoratus ( Pallas, 1814) => not occurring in freshwater (see Çiçek et al., 2020)

Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi, 1863) => not occurring in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020)