Knipowitschia ephesi

Short description: Species of fish

Knipowitschia ephesi

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gobiiformes
Family:  | Gobiidae
Genus:  | Knipowitschia
Species:  |

K. ephesi

Binomial name
Knipowitschia ephesi

Ahnelt, 1995

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 [1] where it occurs in stagnant or nearly stagnant fresh waters.[2] Its habitat is threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and destruction and these have an impact on this species, leading to the IUCN to classify it as Critically Endangered.[1] The specific name refers to the ancient, ruined city of Ephesus which was a port located at mouth of the Küçük Menderes.[3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Knipowitschia ephesi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T61238A19009499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T61238A19009499.en.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Knipowitschia ephesi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
3. ↑ "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.

See also Wikidata entry Q1305795.

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