Longtail dwarf goby
Longtail dwarf goby | |
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The Longtail dwarf goby from the Dnieper Estuary, Ukraine | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Knipowitschia |
Species: | K. longecaudata |
Binomial name | |
Knipowitschia longecaudata (Kessler, 1877) | |
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Knipowitschia longecaudata, the Longtail dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and the Caspian Sea where it is mostly found in areas of brackish water over sand or amongst weeds where it feeds on small invertebrates. This species can reach a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Knipowitschia longecaudata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 September 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Knipowitschia longecaudata" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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