Round goby

Round goby
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Neogobius
Species:	N. melanostomus
Binomial name
	Neogobius melanostomus; (Pallas, 1814)
	Range of the round goby and introduction sites
Synonyms
	Gobius affinis Eichwald, 1831; Gobius cephalarges Pallas, 1814; Gobius chilo Pallas, 1814; Gobius exanthematosus Pallas, 1814; Gobius grossholzii Steindachner, 1894; Gobius lugens Nordmann, 1840; Gobius marmoratus (non Risso or Pallas) Antipa, 1909; Gobius melanio Pallas, 1814; Gobius melanostomus Pallas, 1814; Gobius sulcatus Eichwald, 1831; Gobius virescens Pallas, 1814; Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas, 1814); Apollonia melanostoma (Pallas, 1814); Ponticola cephalarges (Pallas, 1814);

The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) is a euryhaline bottom-dwelling species of fish of the family Gobiidae. It is native to Central Eurasia, including the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Round gobies have established large non-native populations in the Baltic Sea, several major Eurasian rivers, and the North American Great Lakes.

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