سمكة قزم القوبيون

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]

• 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)

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