The paper contains new data, which confirms distribition of the ratan goby, Ponticola ratan (Nordmann, 1840), in fresh waters, as well as its diagnosis, description, and brief information on its biology. No caption available … ...

Monitoring of nearshore fish communities carried out in 2019 and 2022 in the Kaniv Reservoir and lower Desna River (Dnieper River basin, Ukraine) showed the presence of the ratan goby (Ponticola ratan), which has never been observed in these water bodies

In August 2015 we managed to capture a specimen of ratan goby (Ponticola ratan) in the Romanian coastal waters of the Black Sea, near the locality of Sf. Gheorghe (Tulcea County).This is the 7-th signaling for this species in Romanian coastal waters.

Monitoring of nearshore fish communities carried out in 2019 and 2022 in the Kaniv Reservoir and lower Desna River (Dnieper River basin, Ukraine) showed the presence of the ratan goby (Ponticola ratan), which has never been observed in these water bodies