Neogobius melanostomus

ingliseThis species is distinguished from its congeners entering freshwater in Europe by the following characters: first branched ray of second dorsal about as long as penultimate ray; no scales on midline of nape, in front of preoperculum; pelvic-disc fraenum with small rounded lobes and the length is less than 1/6 of width at base; scales in midlateral series 45-54 + 2-3; a large black spot on the posterior part of first dorsal (Ref. 59043).

• Gobius sulcatus Eichwald, 1831
• Gobius melanio Pallas, 1814
• Gobius lugens Nordmann, 1840
• Apollonia melanostoma (Pallas, 1814)
• Gobius melanostomus Pallas, 1814
• Gobius exanthematosus Pallas, 1814
• Ponticola cephalarges (Pallas, 1814)
• Neogobius melanostomus affinis (Eichwald, 1831)
• Gobius grossholzii Steindachner, 1894
• Neogobius cephalarges cephalarges (Pallas, 1814)
• Gobius virescens Pallas, 1814
• Gobius chilo Pallas, 1814
• Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas, 1814)
• Gobius affinis Eichwald, 1831
• Gobius cephalarges Pallas, 1814