Longtail dwarf goby

Longtail dwarf goby
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Species: K. longecaudata
Binomial name
Knipowitschia longecaudata
(Berg, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Gobius longecaudatus Kessler, 1877
  • Knipowitschia georghievi Pinchuk, 1978
  • Knipowitschia longicaudata (Kessler, 1877)
  • Pomatoschistus longecaudatus (Kessler, 1877)
  • Pomatoschistus longicaudata (Kessler, 1877)

Longtail dwarf goby (Knipowitschia longecaudata) is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. Distributed in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and the Caspian Sea.

Common in the brackish water, on the sandy bottom or in foulings. Prefers the water temperature of 4-20 °C. Up to 5 cm long. Dorsal fin has 6–8 hard and 7–9 soft rows, in the anal fin 1 hard and 8–9 soft rows. Feeding on small invertebrates.

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