''Knipowitschia ephesi'', the Ephesus goby, is a species of goby endemic to the delta and marshes of the lowermost Küçük Menderes in western Anatolia, Turkey. Turkey where it occurs in stagnant or nearly stagnant fresh waters. Its habitat is threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and destruction and these have an impact on this species, leading to the

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to classify it as Critically Endangered. The

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refers to the ancient, ruined city of

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...

which was a port located at mouth of the Küçük Menderes.

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ephesi Freshwater fish of Turkey Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1995 {{Gobiidae-stub