A was recorded on 2026-09-23 in Mechelen, Belgium.1 This Asian fish species first appeared in Europe in the Ghent-Terneuzen shipping canal in 2022 and has since rapidly expanded across Flanders, establishing a self-sustaining population.2 It poses a predation and competition threat to native benthic fish and their food resources.1
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