Round Gobies: Alien Fish In Swedish Waters
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 23:21
in Earth & Climate
A round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) was caught in late July off the Swedish coast near Karlskrona. This is the first find of its kind in Sweden. The species, which originates from the Black Sea and probably spread to the Baltic via ballast water, has been found in the Gulf of Gdansk since 1990, in the southern Baltic.
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