#2083 · 🐟 fish

Round Goby

🇳🇱 Zwartbekgrondel ·Neogobius melanostomus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The round goby ( Neogobius melanostomus ) is a euryhaline bottom-dwelling goby of the family Gobiidae, 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.

base stats

NL sightings 112iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,382iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 112 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #12 most seen of the fish in NL.
6,382 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1814 (212 years ago).