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[ report an error in this record ] basket (0): add | show 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    Available in  Authors  VLIZ: Open access 230024 [ download pdf ] 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 Authors    Top  Verreycken, H., more Breine, J.J., more Snoeks, J., more Belpaire, C., more 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. All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Authors