Round goby

Round goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Neogobius
Species:
N. melanostomus
Binomial name
Neogobius melanostomus
(Pallas, 1814)
Range of the round goby and introduction sites
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Gobius affinis Eichwald, 1831
  • Gobius cephalarges Pallas, 1814
  • Gobius chilo Pallas, 1814
  • Gobius exanthematosus Pallas, 1814
  • Gobius grossholzii Steindachner, 1894
  • Gobius lugens Nordmann, 1840
  • Gobius marmoratus (non Risso or Pallas) Antipa, 1909
  • Gobius melanio Pallas, 1814
  • Gobius melanostomus Pallas, 1814
  • Gobius sulcatus Eichwald, 1831
  • Gobius virescens Pallas, 1814
  • Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas, 1814)
  • Apollonia melanostoma (Pallas, 1814)
  • Ponticola cephalarges (Pallas, 1814)

The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) is a euryhaline bottom-dwelling species of fish of the family Gobiidae. It is native to Central Eurasia, including the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Round gobies have established large non-native populations in the Baltic Sea, several major Eurasian rivers, and the North American Great Lakes.[4]

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Neogobius melanostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14524A4442374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14524A4442374.en. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ Vassilev, Milen; Apostolou, Apostolos; Velkov, Boris; Dobrev, Dobrin; Zarev, Velislav (2012). Atlas of the Gobies (Gobiidae) in Bulgaria (PDF). Sofia: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. pp. 75–79. ISBN 978-954-9746-29-7. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ Kornis, M. S.; Mercado-Silva, N; Vander Zanden, M. J. (2012). "Twenty years of invasion: A review of round goby Neogobius melanostomus biology, spread and ecological implications". Journal of Fish Biology. 80 (2): 235–85. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03157.x. PMID 22268429.