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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ponticola |
| Species: | P. kessleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ponticola kessleri (Günther, 1861)
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| The range of the bighead goby | |
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Ponticola kessleri, the bighead goby or Kessler's goby, is a species of goby native to Eurasia. The bighead goby is a Ponto-Caspian relict species. It inhabits the fresh and oligohaline waters, with mineralisation from 0-0.5‰ up to 1.5-3.0‰.
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2011). "Ponticola kessleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T188115A8642709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T188115A8642709.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.