The Amur goby (''Rhinogobius similis'') is a species of fresh water goby native to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, and widely introduced in several central Asian countries, where it has been reported as negatively impacted the local ecology. This species can reach in

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

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Amur goby Fish of East Asia Freshwater fish of China Freshwater fish of Japan Fish described in 1859 Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Gobiiformes-stub