Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Neogobius

Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gobius Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neogobius*	Iljin, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius kessleri*	Günther, 1861	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Kesslers grondel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: bighead goby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Bighead Goby sources: english PESI focal point

German: Kessler-Grundel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Keslerio grundalas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Бычок головач; бычок-головач sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kalınbaşlı kaya balığı; kaya balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бичок головач; Бичок-головач

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009

Taxon found in 10 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126915

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304928