First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium

Verreycken, H.; Breine, J.J.; Snoeks, J.; Belpaire, C.

doi:/10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.11

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First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium

Verreycken, H.; Breine, J.J.; Snoeks, J.; Belpaire, C. (2011). First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium. Acta Ichtyol. Piscat. 41(2): 137-140. dx.doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.11

In: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries: Szczecin. ISSN 0137-1592; e-ISSN 1734-1515, more

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Keywords

Taxa > Species > Introduced species
Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) [WoRMS]
Belgium, Albert Canal [Marine Regions]; Belgium, Schelde R. [Marine Regions]
Brackish water

Author keywords

River Scheldt; Albert Canal; non-native fish; Ponto-Caspian gobies

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Abstract

Almost six years after the first finding of the round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Gobiidae) in the Netherlands, several specimens of this invasive Ponto-Caspian benthic fish were also recorded in the Belgian part of the River Scheldt and in the Albert Canal. This is the first record of the round goby in Belgium.

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