Vol. 77 (1) 2025

ARTICLES

First Record of the Red-mouthed Goby Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789 (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

Tihomir Stefanov1* & Radek Šanda2

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*1National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria;
E-mail: tishos@gmail.com; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1084-8358
2Department of Zoology, National Museum, Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Prague 1, Czech Republic; E-mail: rsanda@seznam.cz; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-3948

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb77.1.002816

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Abstract
One adult specimen of red-mouthed goby Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789 was found in the coastal waters of the Black Sea in Bulgaria. The specimen was caught on 23 September 2023 during an underwater ichthyological survey near the town of Chernomorets. It represents the first record of this species for the western Black Sea coast and for Bulgaria.

Key words
Gobius cruentatus, Gobiidae, Black Sea, range expansion

How to Cite
Stefanov T. & Šanda R. 2025. First Record of the Red-mouthed Goby Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789 (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Acta zoologica bulgarica 77 (1) 55-59.

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