Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Lyre Goby (Evorthodus lyricus) - Uncertain Risk

Species that are considered uncertain risk need a more in-depth assessment beyond the Risk Summary to better define the species’ risk to U.S. environments.

Lyre Goby (Evorthodus lyricus) is a fish native to the Atlantic coasts of North, Central and South America from the southeastern United States to southern Brazil. E. lyricus has a high climate match with the contiguous United States. The highest match is in the southeastern United States, which is part of its native range. E. lyricus has not been documented inland beyond backwaters of bays and estuaries, and inhabits a wide range of salinities. RAMP (Sanders et al. 2018) was not developed for use in assessing climate match for marine species so the climate match in a marine environment cannot be assessed with an ERSS. Because there are no known introductions or establishments of E. lyricus outside its native range, the history of invasiveness is uncertain and certainty of assessment is low. Therefore, the overall risk categorization of this species is uncertain.