Archives of Biological Sciences 2013 Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages: 1469-1472
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1304469D
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New record of Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814) (Gobiidae) in the Danube river basin (Serbia)
Đikanović Vesna (Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Belgrade)
Marković G. (Faculty of Agronomy, Čačak)
Škorić S. (Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade)
Recently, the growing colonization of allochthonous organisms in the Serbian
section of the Danube River and interconnected ecosystems was observed.
Hydro-morphological changes, such as regulations of the watercourse, have
made this sector suitable for bio-invasions. Two specimens of Neogobius
fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814) (Piscea: Gobidae) were collected on 10 August 2012
from the Zapadna Morava River, below the first dam on the river course. This
is the first record of the sand goby in the watercourse in the central part
of Serbia, as a tributary of the Danube River. Our findings show that the
sand goby has thus far reached not only the main course of the Danube River
but its tributary as well. This freshwater fish was observed for the first
time in the Serbian part of the Danube River in 1986 in Begej locality (1.276
km). There are five Ponto-Caspian goby species in the waters of Serbia.
Keywords: Neogobius fluviatilis, allochthonous fish, first record, Zapadna Morava River, Danube River Basin, Serbia
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