243. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Common name. Round goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius melanostomus Pallas, 1814: 151 [Sebvastopol, Crimea, Ukraine; Balaklava, Ukraine; syntypes: whereabouts unknown] .

Revisions. Zarei et al. (2021a).

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 175, fig. 24).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 452-Caspian Marine.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gavmahi-e domgerd.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.