Mesogobius batrachocephalus
Mesogobius batrachocephalus, the knout goby or toad goby, is one of the species of gobiid fish native to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov basins. It lives in estuaries and brackish water lagoons, occasionally in fresh waters, such as the coastal Lake Siutghiol in Romania. It prefers areas near cliffs with sandy, shelly or rocky substrates at depths of from , sometimes down to . The knout goby is a piscivore. It can reach a length of  SL and weight of . Maximum known age is eight years. References

Mesogobius
Fish described in 1814
Fish of the Black Sea
Fish of Europe
Fish of West Asia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot