''Knipowitschia'' is a
genus
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of marine, fresh and brackish water
gobies
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native to
Eurasia
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. The genus name almost certainly honours
Nikolai Mikhailovich Knipovich
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(1862-1938), a biologist who led a number of expeditions to the
Caspian Sea
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.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Knipowitschia byblisia''
Ahnelt, 2011 (Byblis goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia cameliae''
Nalbant & Oţel, 1995 (Danube delta dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia caucasica
''Knipowitschia caucasica'', the Caucasian dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aegean Sea and to the Haliacmon drainage of Greece ...
''
( 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''
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, 1877) (Longtail dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia mermere''
Ahnelt, 1995
* ''
Knipowitschia milleri''
( Ahnelt & Bianco
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, 1990) (Acheron spring goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia montenegrina''
Kovačić & Šanda, 2007
* ''
Knipowitschia mrakovcici''
P. J. Miller, 2009
* ''
Knipowitschia panizzae''
( Verga, 1841) (Adriatic dwarf goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia punctatissima''
(Canestrini
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Career
He initially studied in Gorizia and Meran, then furthered his education in natural sciences at ...
, 1864) (Italian spring goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia radovici''
Kovačić, 2005 (Norin goby)
* ''
Knipowitschia thessala''
( Vinciguerra, 1921) (Thessaly goby)
References
Gobiinae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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