| Citation | Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007, Handbook of European freshwater fishes.. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. |
| Ref. | Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007 |
| Page | 501 |
| Named Used as Valid | Syngnathus abaster |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Coastal habitats, lower reaches of Caspian, Black and Mediterranean sea basins; Atlantic coast (Gibraltar to southern Bay of Biscay; in Danube reaching Romanian-Hungarian border); Dniepr (up to Kiev); introduced in reservoirs of middle and lower Volga. |
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