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Neogobius fluviatilis Ponticola kessleri

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• Found usually in freshwater and brackish water<br />

with very low salinity (< 2 ppt); in lower rivers<br />

and lagoons, lakes, large rivers, harbours on rocky<br />

or well-vegetated bottom (reed thickets) in still<br />

waters as well as rapids.<br />

• Initial spawning at 2 years, in March to May,<br />

where adhesive eggs are deposited on stones,<br />

shells and aquatic plants; while males guard the<br />

eggs until hatching.<br />

• Feeds on crustaceans (mysids, corophiid<br />

amphipods) and small fish (gobies)

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