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[ report an error in this record ] basket (0): add | show First record of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), from the Zeeschelde, Belgium Verreycken, H.; Galle, L.; Lambeens, I.; Maes, Y.; Terrie, T.; Van den Bergh, E.; Breine, J. (2019). First record of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), from the Zeeschelde, Belgium. Acta Ichtyol. Piscat. 49(3): 291-294. https://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aiep/02688    Available in  Authors  VLIZ: Open access 338754 [ download pdf ] Keywords Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]; Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède, 1800) [WoRMS] Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions] Author keywords Non-native species; estuarine-dependent fish; ballast water Authors    Top  Verreycken, H., more Galle, L., more Lambeens, I., more Maes, Y., more Terrie, T., more Van den Bergh, E., more Breine, J., more Abstract In September 2018, the first specimen of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède, 1800), was caught in a mid-water beam trawl from an anchored boat in the Zeeschelde in the north of Belgium. This small goby is a North American fish species and was probably introduced to the newly reported location via ballast water discharge of transoceanic vessels. All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Authors