Caucasian dwarf goby

Knipowitschia caucasica
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Species: K. caucasica
Binomial name
Knipowitschia caucasica
(Berg, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii (Sözer, 1941)
  • Gobius caucasicus (Kavraiskii, 1899)
  • Gobius lencoranicus (Kessler, 1877)
  • Pomatoschistus caucasicus (Berg, 1916)

Caucasian dwarf goby (Knipowitschia caucasica) is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. It is found along the coasts of the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, and Aegean Sea (west to Aliakmon basin in Greece). It was also introduced to the Aral Sea.

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