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	<dwc:Genus>Ponticola</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Flatsnout goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Ginger goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Guban goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Gobie à museau plat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Bychok-guban</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Bychok-ryzhik</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>бычок-губан</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Kayabalığı</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Sarı kayabalığı</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Yassıbaşkaya balığı</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='uk'>Бичок-губань</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gobius platyrostris Pallas, 1814</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=232&amp;speccode=25979'>Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.)0 Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p. (Ref. 232)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=897&amp;speccode=25979'>Svetovidov, A.N.0 Handbook of the fauna of the USSR, fishes of the Black Sea. Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Moscow, 550 p. (Ref. 897)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2058&amp;speccode=25979'>Berg, L.S.0 Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 3, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949). (Ref. 2058)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4345&amp;speccode=25979'>Miller, P.J.0 Gobiidae. p. 483-515. In J.C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4345)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=25979'>Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4696&amp;speccode=25979'>Miller, P.J.0 Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7442&amp;speccode=25979'>Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. The information in FishBase was derived by comparing FishBase with a preliminary version 2.0 of Eschmeyer's PISCES database, published on the Internet in November 1996, URL:gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. (Ref. 7442)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12302&amp;speccode=25979'>Rass, T.S.0 Present status of the composition of the Black Sea ichthyofauna. J. Ichthyol. 27(3):64-72. (Ref. 12302)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26334&amp;speccode=25979'>Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov0 An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37297&amp;speccode=25979'>Mikhov, S.0 Checklist of fishes of Bulgaria. FishBase checklist modified by Stoyan Mikhov. (Ref. 37297)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41476&amp;speccode=25979'>Deval, M.C.0 Common names of marine fishes of Turkey. Unpublished report. (Ref. 41476)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=45043&amp;speccode=25979'>Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Common names of Russian freshwater fishes. Spreadsheet with cyrillic names made available for inclusion in FishBase. Unpublished. (Ref. 45043)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=45714&amp;speccode=25979'>Salekhova, L.P., N.S. Kostenko, T.A. Bogachick and O.N. Minibaeva0 Composition of ichthyofauna in the region of the Karadag State Reserve (Black Sea). J. Ichthyol. 28(2):16-23. (Ref. 45714)</reference>
	<reference isbn='5-02-002872-X' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50519&amp;speccode=25979'>Reshetnikov, Y.S.0 Atlas of Russian freshwater fishes, Vol. 2. Moscow Nauka. (Ref. 50519)</reference>
	<reference isbn='2-84138-145-5' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50675&amp;speccode=25979'>Louisy, P.0 Guide d'identification des poissons marins. Europe et Méditerranée. Paris: Eds. Eugène Ulmer. (Ref. 50675)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51024&amp;speccode=25979'>Hureau, J.-C. and T. Monod (eds.)0 Supplement. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. p.339-394. In J.-C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean.United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France. Vols 1-2. 683 p. (Ref. 51024)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75708&amp;speccode=25979'>Kovačić, M. and S. Engín0 Two new species of &lt;i&gt;Neogobius&lt;/i&gt; (Gobiidae) from northeastern Turkey. Cybium 32(1):73-80. (Ref. 75708)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=83713&amp;speccode=25979'>Neilson, M.E. and C.A. Stepien0 Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(2009):84-102. (Ref. 83713)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9781578084364' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92840&amp;speccode=25979'>Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=106151&amp;speccode=25979'>Çiçek, E., R. Fricke and S.S. Birecikligil0 Freshwater fishes of Turkey: a revised and updated annotated checklist. Biharean Biologist 9(2):141-157. (Ref. 106151)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130435&amp;speccode=25979'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131385&amp;speccode=25979'>Keskin, A. and D. Pauly0 Testing predictions of length at first maturity of teleostean fishes, given their maximum length. Cybium 47(3):249-257. (Ref. 131385)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131435&amp;speccode=25979'>Engin, S.0 Bio-ecological characteristic of some gobies &lt;i&gt;Neogobius platyrostris&lt;/i&gt; (Pallas, 1814), &lt;i&gt;Neogobius melanostomus&lt;/i&gt; (Pallas, 1814), &lt;i&gt;Gobius paganellus&lt;/i&gt; Linnaeus, 1758 and &lt;i&gt;Gobius cobitis&lt;/i&gt; Pallas, 1814 in the South eastern Black Sea rocky shore coastal ecosystem. PhD Thesis, Institute of Science and Technology, Karadeniz Technical university, 114 p., Trabzon. (Ref. 131435)</reference><dataObject>
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