Knipowitschia

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 12 recognized species in this genus:[2]

* Knipowitschia byblisia Ahnelt, 2011 (Byblis goby)
* Knipowitschia caucasica (L. S. Berg, 1916) (Caucasian dwarf goby)
* Knipowitschia caunosi Ahnelt, 2011 (Caunos 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 panizzae (Verga, 1841) (Adriatic dwarf goby)
* Knipowitschia radovici Kovačić, 2005 (Norin goby)
* Knipowitschia ricasolii (Di Caporiacco, 1935)
* Knipowitschia thessala (Vinciguerra, 1921) (Thessaly goby)

The fossil species †Knipowitschia bulgarica Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko, 2016 is known from fossil otoliths from the Middle Miocene of Bulgaria.[3]

Synonyms

* Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995; valid as K. caucasica (Danube delta dwarf goby)
* Knipowitschia croatica; valid as Orsinigobius croaticus (Neretva dwarf goby)
* Knipowitschia ephesi Ahnelt, 1995; valid as K. ricasolii
* Knipowitschia goerneri Ahnelt, 1991; valid as K. milleri (Corfu dwarf goby)
* Knipowitschia mrakovcici P. J. Miller, 2009; valid as K. panizzae
* Knipowitschia punctatissima; valid as Orsinigobius punctatissimus (Italian spring goby)

## References

1. ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 17 January 2025. https://etyfish.org/gobiiformes2/. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Knipowitschia". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Knipowitschia.
3. ↑ Schwarzhans, Werner; Ahnelt, Harald; Carnevale, Giorgio; Japundžić, Sanja; Bradić, Katarina; Bratishko, Andriy (2017-03-01). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 136 (1): 45–92. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7. ISSN 1664-2384.

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*[†]: Extinct