Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Benthophilinae Scientific name Ponticola cyrius Rank Species | Class Actinopterygii Genus Ponticola Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Ponticola, Benthophilus ctenolepidus, Ponticola gorlap, Benthophilus grimmi, Baer pugolovka | ||
Ponticola cyrius is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Kura River in the southern Caucasus countries of Georgia, Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan. It reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL. It lives in the upper parts of the Kura River, Massuleh River and the Pasikhan River and in the Anzali Mordab (Iran). Downstream in Kura it is replaced by Ponticola gorlap.
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