Neogobius melanostomus
Neogobius melanostomus
(Round Goby)
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22 results for Neogobius melanostomus (Round Goby)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Reference
2324 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field Study found larval helminths of Acanthocephalus dims, Diplostomum sp., and Eustrongylides sp. in... 22991
2347 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Anecdotal Field Neogobius melanostomus introductions may also be a vector for the spread of avian... 19653
2348 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Neogobius melanostomus may provide an entry point for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)... 27503
2360 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Neogobius melanostomus may have lower lead (Pb) concentrations than traditional prey due... 24186
2361 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory As Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) continue to consume Neogobius... 24186
2362 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Before the invasion of round gobies, few dreissenid predators occurred in Lake Erie, keeping... 24186
2365 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field The Neogobius melanostomus was found to be a newly described host for the trematode... 18625
2366 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field The Neogobius melanostomus is host to a number of metazoan parasites in the Great Lakes. 18398
2368 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Laboratory Neogobius melanostomus is a primary vector for botulism neurotoxin to fish-eating birds. 24877
3632 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A Consumption of zebra mussels may also provide a conduit for the bioaccumulation of toxic... 22782
3688 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field No specific parasites were registered. Only the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus tereticollis was... 34322
3694 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field parasites include Nicolla skrjabini, Phyllodistomum folium, Holostephanous cobitidis, Diplostomum... 34333
3698 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory high natural infection parameters of B. polymorphus in native cyprinids and non-native gobies... 34340
3699 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field Neogobius melanostomus was parasitized by 8 species, , half of which were in all 4 of the... 34341
3702 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Laboratory description of a new parasite - Loma acerinae - in round and tubenose goby in Dnieper River and... 34344
3819 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Field the presence of the Ponto-Caspian monogenean Gyrodactylus proterorhini shows that the invasive... 34926
3913 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory the present study demonstrates that PCB elimination in round and tubenose goby exhibited broadly... 35034
3924 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Anecdotal Field author speculates shift from alewife to round goby may result in biomagnification of toxins via... 35109
3927 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A authors speculate biomagnification of toxins up the food chain from mussels to humans are a risk if... 35111
5505 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Experimental Laboratory Neogobius melanostomus is a transport vector for type E botulism to fish-eating birds. 19652
5568 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Anecdotal Laboratory Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) presents a new intermediate host for parasites and... 39671
5670 Neogobius melanostomus Disease/Parasites/Toxicity Observational Laboratory One round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) tested culture positive for toxin-producing C.... 33968

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [1/30/2025].

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