| Specimen ID | 1687293 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Neogobius |
| Species | melanostomus |
| Common Name | Round Goby |
| Country | Canada |
| State | ON |
| Locality | Rideau Canal, Edmonds Lockstation, Smiths Falls |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
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| Collection Month | 1 |
| Collection Year | 2019 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water | dispersed | released bait |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 37740 |
| Author: | Novacaska, M. |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Title: | Invasive fish harbours Smiths Falls’ Edmonds Lockstation |
| Publisher: | InsideOttawaValley.com |
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| Comments | At least 75 fishes captured (17 in January 2019, 58 in later study); hundreds more found in 2021. Of the 58, 45 were PIT-tagged and released for ecological study by Carleton University (Jordanna Bergman & Prof. Steven Cooke) while 13 were vouchered at CMN. Population could derive from bait-bucket introduction or dispersal. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | locale |
| Disposal | Canadian Museum of Nature |
| Verifier | Noel Alfonso |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | hundreds |
