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Bony fish

Round Goby

Neogobius melanostomus

Also known as: Black-spotted Goby, Bullhead Fish, Caspian Round Goby, Ginger Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@BigPikey · Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States · July 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found in shallow, brackish, fresh and marine waters, over well vegetated, rock and sandy bottoms, of harbours, lagoons, lakes, and large rivers.
These gobies were introduced by mistake to North America, from ballast from a ship, and are extremely invasive, having found their way into many lakes and rivers!
Widespread North America, Asia, Europe

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

Pattern
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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in shallow, brackish, fresh and marine waters, over well vegetated, rock and sandy bottoms, of harbours, lagoons, lakes, and large rivers.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusNeogobius
    7. speciesNeogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)