Capture of Lyre Goby (Pisces: Oxudercidae) in the Tidal Hudson River

Robert E. Schmidt^1,2,*, Jeremy J. Wright², and Jason Muller³

¹Adjunct Curator of Fishes, New York State Museum, 145 Jordan Road, Troy, NY 12180. ²Curator of Fishes, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230. ³Educator and Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, NY 10701. *Corresponding author.

Northeastern Naturalist, Volume 29, Issue 2 (2022): N31–N34

Abstract
We report the presence of Evorthodus lyricus (Lyre Goby) in a Hudson River tidal wetland in Yonkers, Westchester County, NY. This is the first record for this species in the Hudson River and the first published record north of the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. We also provide an identification key to the Oxudercidae and Gobiidae of the Hudson River.

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