Knipowitschia

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Gobiinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Gobiidae Scientific name Knipowitschia Higher classification Goby Order Perciformes

Lower classifications Caucasian dwarf goby, Knipowitschia panizzae, Italian spring goby, Knipowitschia thessala, Neretva dwarf goby

Knipowitschia is a genus of marine, fresh and brackish water gobies native to Eurasia. Dwarf gobies that live in the Indian Ocean are the world's smallest fish, growing to be 1 cm in length.

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 (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, 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, 1864) (Italian spring goby)

Knipowitschia radovici Kovačić, 2005 (Norin goby)

Knipowitschia thessala (Vinciguerra, 1921) (Thessaly goby)

References

Knipowitschia Wikipedia

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