What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Monkey goby been recorded?

Neogobius fluviatilis occurrence evidence comes from 404 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1954 to 2025. Most records come from Ukraine.

PerciformesGobiidaeNeogobius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

404 records across 13 countries and territories, 1954–2025.

Neogobius fluviatilis · GBIF taxon key 2379105

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19542025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Monkey goby has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Monkey goby. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Ukraine 292
Poland 38
Bulgaria 19
Serbia 19
Germany 9
Belgium 8
Romania 7
Netherlands 6
Croatia 2
Belarus 1
Hungary 1
Iran 1
Sweden 1

Related animals

Others in the family Gobiidae.

Common Goby
Common Goby
16,763 records
Black Goby
Black Goby
9,074 records
Amur goby
8,320 records
Blueband Goby
Blueband Goby
1,335 records
Bichique
31 records
Cotylopus acutipinnis
1 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.