First Occurrence of the Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus, in the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ontario

Authors

  • M. Brian C. Hickey St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, Windmill Point, 2 Belmont Street, Cornwall, Ontario K6H 4Z1
  • Adrienne R. Fowlie Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i4.212

Keywords:

Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus, exotic species, St. Lawrence River, Cornwall, Ontario

Abstract

We document the first reported occurrence of the Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus, a small benthic fish native to the Black and Caspian seas, in the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall. On 7 September 2004, we observed approximately 20 Round Gobies while SCUBA diving at a depth of 7 m, downstream of the Saunders Generating Station at Cornwall, Ontario. Round Gobies appear to have arrived recently in this reach of the river and have not previously been detected despite extensive fish surveys conducted in the area.

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Vol. 119 No. 4 (2005)

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