246. Ponticola gorlap (Iljin, 1949)

Common name. Caspian bighead goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Neogobius kessleri gorlap Iljin in Berg, 1949: 1091 [Caspian Sea and tributary rivers; syntypes: not at ZIN] .

Revisions. Zarei et al. (2021a).

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 179, fig. 29).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 452-Caspian Marine.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gavmahi-e sar bozorg.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.