Editing Round goby (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = A_large_neogobius_melanostomus.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| author1 = Freyhof, J. | author2-link = Maurice Kottelat | author2 = Kottelat, M. | name-list-style = amp |year = 2008 | title = ''Neogobius melanostomus''| page = e.T14524A4442374 | doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14524A4442374.en| author1-link = Jörg Freyhof|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| range_map = Round goby range.png
| range_map_caption = Range of the round goby and introduction sites
| taxon = Neogobius melanostomus
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1814)
| synonyms =
*''Gobius affinis'' <small>[[Karl Eichwald|Eichwald]], 1831</small>
*''Gobius cephalarges'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Gobius chilo'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Gobius exanthematosus'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Gobius grossholzii'' <small>[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1894</small>
*''Gobius lugens'' <small>[[Alexander von Nordmann|Nordmann]], 1840</small>
*''Gobius marmoratus'' <small>(non Risso or Pallas) [[Grigore Antipa|Antipa]], 1909</small>
*''Gobius melanio'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Gobius melanostomus'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Gobius sulcatus'' <small>Eichwald, 1831</small>
*''Gobius virescens'' <small>Pallas, 1814</small>
*''Neogobius cephalarges'' <small>(Pallas, 1814)</small>
*''Apollonia melanostoma'' <small>(Pallas, 1814)</small>
*''Ponticola cephalarges'' <small>(Pallas, 1814)</small>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{GBIF|taxon=''Neogobius melanostomus'' (Pallas, 1814)|id=2379089|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-954-9746-29-7|pages=75–79|title=Atlas of the Gobies (Gobiidae) in Bulgaria|last1=Vassilev|first1=Milen|last2=Apostolou|first2=Apostolos|last3=Velkov|first3=Boris|last4=Dobrev|first4=Dobrin|last5=Zarev|first5=Velislav|publisher=Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences|location=Sofia|year=2012|url=http://www.iber.bas.bg/sites/default/files/Bulgarian_Gobies_Atlas.pdf|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
}}

The '''round goby''' ('''''Neogobius melanostomus''''') is a [[euryhaline]] bottom-dwelling species of fish of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Gobiidae]]. It is native to Central [[Eurasia]], including the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Caspian Sea]]. Round gobies have established large non-native populations in the [[Baltic Sea]], several major Eurasian rivers, and the North American [[Great Lakes]].<ref name="Kornis M.S. 2012">{{Cite journal
 | pmid = 22268429
| year = 2012
| last1 = Kornis
| first1 = M. S.
| title = Twenty years of invasion: A review of round goby ''Neogobius melanostomus'' biology, spread and ecological implications
| journal = Journal of Fish Biology
| volume = 80
| issue = 2
| pages = 235–85
| last2 = Mercado-Silva
| first2 = N
| last3 = Vander Zanden
| first3 = M. J.
| doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03157.x
}}</ref>