Longtail dwarf goby

Longtail dwarf goby
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)
Synonyms
  • Gobius longecaudatus Kessler, 1877
  • Pomatoschistus longecaudatus (Kessler, 1877)
  • Pomatoschistus knipowitschi Beling, 1927
  • Knipowitschia georghievi Pinchuk, 1978

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

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Knipowitschia longecaudata" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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