Abstract
Most northerly record of the bighead goby Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861) in the Elbe River, Germany
Highlights
The natural distribution of the bighead goby Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861) is the Black Sea basin, especially the brackish zone of the northern and western shores of the Black Sea as well as the Danube, Dniester, South Bug and Dnieper drainages (Svetovidov 1964; Kottelat and Freyhof 2007)
Twelve specimens of P. kessleri were recorded in the Elbe River between Hamburg and Lauenburg between the 7th of August 2015 and the 13th of June 2016
This study reports the first records of P. kessleri in the Elbe River, representing the most northerly expansion of this species
Summary
The natural distribution of the bighead goby Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861) is the Black Sea basin, especially the brackish zone of the northern and western shores of the Black Sea as well as the Danube, Dniester, South Bug and Dnieper drainages (Svetovidov 1964; Kottelat and Freyhof 2007). Twelve specimens of P. kessleri were recorded in the Elbe River between Hamburg and Lauenburg between the 7th of August 2015 and the 13th of June 2016.
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