Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 41(2): 137-140, doi: 10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.11
First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium
H. Verreycken, J.J. Breine, J. Snoeks, C. BelpaireCorresponding author: H. Verreycken © H. Verreycken, J.J. Breine, J. Snoeks, C. Belpaire. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Verreycken H, Breine J, Snoeks J, Belpaire C (2011) First record of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Belgium. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 41(2): 137-140. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.41.2.11 |  |
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.
Keywords
River Scheldt, Albert Canal, non-native fish, Ponto-Caspian gobies