Biology:Knipowitschia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Knipowitschia
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Longtail dwarf goby (K. longecaudata), the type species of the genus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Iljin, 1927
Type species
Gobius longecaudatus
Kessler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Bubyr Iljin, 1930
  • Orsinigobius Gandolfi, Marconato & Torricelli, 1986

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.[1]

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/. Retrieved 3 September 2018. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Knipowitschia in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q559332 entry