Fish Collection On Dniester: some cool gobies

[vitaly]

Some pics of last week's fish collecting on Dniester (Tiraspol, Transnitria). 3 species of gobies and 1 weather loach

Toad Goby (Mesogobius batrachocephalus)





















Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)























Monkey Goby or Sand Goby ( Neogobius fluviatilis)















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One Angry European Crayfish ( Astacus astacus)

























Weather Loach (Cobitis sp)















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[kno4te]

Nice finds.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Interesting pattern on the weather loach

 

[Oddball]

I'm glad to see the Astacus weren't all wiped out by the P. clarkii -introduced plague. Are you finding the crays in good numbers?

 

[vitaly]

Interesting pattern on the weather loach

i just got here 4 weeks ago, but locals telling that they crays are doing great. plus they also farmed for food. i saw plenty of live Euro crays in local supermarkets.


the main problem here are bluegills (or sun perch as they call them here). yes, some idiot brought them to Europe