Knipowitschia

Knipowitschia is a genus of marine, fresh and brackish water gobies native to Eurasia. The genus name almost certainly honours Nikolai Mikhailovich Knipovich (1862-1938), a biologist who led a number of expeditions to the Caspian Sea.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

• Knipowitschia byblisia <small>Ahnelt, 2011</small> (Byblis goby)
• Knipowitschia caucasica <small>(L. S. Berg, 1916)</small> (Caucasian dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia caunosi <small>Ahnelt, 2011</small> (Caunos goby)
• Knipowitschia iljini <small>L. S. Berg, 1931</small>
• Knipowitschia longecaudata <small>(Kessler, 1877)</small> (Longtail dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia mermere <small>Ahnelt, 1995</small>
• Knipowitschia milleri <small>(Ahnelt & Bianco, 1990)</small> (Acheron spring goby)
• Knipowitschia montenegrina <small>Kovačić & Å anda, 2007</small>
• Knipowitschia panizzae <small>(Verga, 1841)</small> (Adriatic dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia radovici <small>Kovačić, 2005</small> (Norin goby)
• Knipowitschia ricasolii <small>(Di Caporiacco, 1935)</small>
• Knipowitschia thessala <small>(Vinciguerra, 1921)</small> (Thessaly goby)

The fossil species Knipowitschia bulgarica <small>Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko, 2016</small> is known from fossil otoliths from the Middle Miocene of Bulgaria.

• Knipowitschia cameliae <small>Nalbant & OÅ£el, 1995</small>; valid as K. caucasica (Danube delta dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia croatica; valid as Orsinigobius croaticus (Neretva dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia ephesi <small>Ahnelt, 1995</small>; valid as K. ricasolii
• Knipowitschia goerneri <small>Ahnelt, 1991</small>; valid as K. milleri (Corfu dwarf goby)
• Knipowitschia mrakovcici <small>P. J. Miller, 2009</small>; valid as K. panizzae
• Knipowitschia punctatissima; valid as Orsinigobius punctatissimus (Italian spring goby)

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