Adriatic dwarf goby

Adriatic dwarf goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Species: K. panizzae
Binomial name
Knipowitschia panizzae
(Verga, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Gobius panizzae Verga, 1841
  • Pomatoschistus panizzai (Verga, 1841)

Knipowitschia panizzae, the Adriatic dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to the coasts of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas where it has been recorded in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia with records from Greece needing to be confirmed. It prefers fresh and brackish waters with plentiful vegetation. This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. 2006. Knipowitschia panizzae. 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 panizzae" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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