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Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Round goby
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Bychok-kruglyak, Bychok-ryzhik, Bychok-ryzshik
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Berg, L.S., 1965
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs everywhere in the southern seas and rivers flowing into them (Don, Kuban, rivers of the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea, the Volga and the Moskva River), in estuaries with low salinities and in some reservoirs (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country, rapidly expanded its range and is now widely established in the country (Ref. 45022). Said to have been introduced (Ref. 13686). EurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Black spotted goby, Ginger goby, Gobie à taches noires, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Neogobius: Greek, neos = new + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 36771).   Temperate; 4°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 60°N - 36°N, 18°E - 58°E

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