''Knipowitschia'' is a
genus
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of marine, fresh and brackish water
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...
native to
Eurasia
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. The genus name almost certainly honours
(1862-1938), a biologist who led a number of expeditions to the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...
.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Knipowitschia byblisia''
Ahnelt, 2011 (Byblis goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia cameliae''
Nalbant
Nalbant is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Nalbant, Nicolae Bălcescu (since 1948; until 1923 ''Bașchioi''; '' Principele Mihai'' from 1923 to 1948) and Trestenic.
The commune's name comes ...
& Oţel, 1995 (Danube delta dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia caucasica''
( L. S. Berg, 1916) (Caucasian dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia caunosi''
Ahnelt, 2011 (Caunos goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia croatica''
Mrakovčić, Kerovec, Mišetić & D. Schneider, 1996 (Neretva dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia ephesi''
Ahnelt, 1995
* ''
Knipowitschia goerneri''
Ahnelt, 1991 (Corfu dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia iljini''
L. S. Berg, 1931
* ''
Knipowitschia longecaudata''
( Kessler, 1877) (Longtail dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia mermere''
Ahnelt, 1995
* ''
Knipowitschia milleri''
( Ahnelt & Bianco
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, 1990) (Acheron spring goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia montenegrina''
Kovačić
Kovačić (Serbo-Croatian, sh-Cyrl, Ковачић), alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak (feminine (Slovak): Kovačičová), Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the mo ...
& Šanda, 2007
* ''
Knipowitschia mrakovcici''
P. J. Miller, 2009
* ''
Knipowitschia panizzae''
( Verga, 1841) (Adriatic dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia punctatissima''
( Canestrini, 1864) (Italian spring goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia radovici''
Kovačić
Kovačić (Serbo-Croatian, sh-Cyrl, Ковачић), alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak (feminine (Slovak): Kovačičová), Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the mo ...
, 2005 (Norin goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia thessala''
( Vinciguerra, 1921) (Thessaly goby)
References
Gobiinae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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