First record of the western tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris (Heckel, 1837) in France

Abstract

Western tubenose gobies were captured for the first time in France in the Rhine River in September 2007. This species, originating from the Ponto-Caspian basin and considered as invasive in many countries, has colonised the Rhine drainage using the Rhine-Main-Danube canal.

Keywords

• Proterorhinus semilunaris
• Proterorhinus marmoratus
• France
• Rhine
• invasive species
• first record