Neogobius melanostomus

Basic information
Scientific name	Neogobius melanostomus	(No picture)
Common names
Higher taxon	Gobiidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	The sea of Azov, Black Sea and Caspian basin
Habitat	Under Construction.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route
Impact	Potentially: Competition with and predation on native species.
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act)
Introduced range in other countries	Europe and Middle Asia (not originally distributed), Baltic Sea, Netherlands, Croatia, Uzbekistan and Great Lakes.

Reference	Notes
(Proposal) Information and evaluations on alien species considered to require selection of invasive alien species.（Accessed on 2018-12-07）https://www.env.go.jp/nature/intro/4document/data/sentei/10/mat04.pdf