Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiiformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Neogobius

Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neogobius*	Iljin, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius melanostomus*	Pallas, 1814	objective synonym
*Gobius melanio*	Pallas, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sortmundet kutling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zwartbekgrondel sources: van Beek, G.C.W. (2006). [The round goby Neogobius melanostomus first recorded in the Netherlands]. Aquatic Invasions 1(1): 42-43

English: round goby

French: gobie à taches noires sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

German: Schwarzmund-Grundel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: juodažiotis grundalas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: babka bycza; Babka czarnopyska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Бычок кругляк; бычок-кругляк sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: gobio de boca negra; gobio pintado; gobio redondo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: svartmunnad smörbult sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kumkaya baligi; kumkaya balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бичок кругляк; Бичок-кругляк

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	van Beek, G.C.W. (2006). [The round goby Neogobius melanostomus first recorded in the Netherlands]. Aquatic Invasions 1(1): 42-43
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Neogobius melanostomus, Hungary, by Harka, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126916

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/25c16fba-8255-4819-8ba1-926ee9061869