Ponticola kessleri

Ponticola kessleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ponticola
Species:
P. kessleri
Binomial name
Ponticola kessleri
(Günther, 1861)
The range of the bighead goby
Synonyms
  • Gobius kessleri Günther, 1861
  • Neogobius kessleri (Günther, 1861)
  • Gobius platycephalus Kessler, 1857 (ambiguous name)

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‰.