Species FAO code: NBU

Neogobius melanostomus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Schwarzmundgrundel	–
Denmark	da Sortmundet kutling	–
Estonia	et Ümarmudil et leina-uusmudil	–
Finland	fi mustatäplätokko sv svartmunnad smörbult	–
Germany	de Schwarzmundgrundel	–
Latvia	lv Apaļais jūrasgrundulis	–
Lithuania	lt juodažiotis grundalas	–
Poland	pl Babka bycza	–
Romania	ro Strunghil	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Habitat

Saltwater
Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Scientific name

Neogobius melanostomus

Author

(Pallas, 1814)

Rank

Species

FAO code

NBU

Morphological description

This 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).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyGobiidae
    - GenusNeogobius
      - SpeciesNeogobius melanostomus

Synonyms

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

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

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Neogobius melanostomus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 2 - America, North - Inland waters

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 5 - Europe - Inland waters