Ponticola syrman (Nordmann, 1840)

Zarei, Fatah, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Abbasi, Keyvan, Kovačić, Marcelo, Schliewen, Ulrich K. & Stepien, Carol A., 2022, Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the oldest and deepest Caspian Sea sub-basin: an evidence-based annotated checklist and a key for species identification, Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 151-193 : 181

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scientific name	Ponticola syrman (Nordmann, 1840)
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36. Ponticola syrman (Nordmann, 1840) View in CoL ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 ), Syrman Goby

Gobius syrman Nordmann, 1840: 419 View in CoL , pl. 12, fig. 1; type locality: Odessa, Dniester River estuary, Black Sea, Ukraine; types: syntypes are believed to be represented by BMNH 1872.5 .30.35, MNHN A. 1126 (both from Odessa), and NMW 30099 .

Etymology: Derived from a local name, syrman, used for another Ponticola species, P. cephalargoides .

Distribution and habitat: Coastal waters of the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas ( Fig. 27D View FIGURE 27 ). In the Caspian Sea basin, it is widely distributed in all three areas of the Caspian Sea, but is believed to be absent from freshwaters, except in the Emba River, Kazakhstan (Pinchuk et al. 2003b).

Material examined: ZM-CBSU S092, 6, off Anzali , Gilan Province ; and ZM-CBSU S065.2-1, 1, off Neka , Mazandaran Province, Iran .

IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008l).