Knipowitschia mermere

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Knipowitschia mermere
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Species: K. mermere
Binomial name
Knipowitschia mermere
Ahnelt, 1995

Knipowitschia mermere is a species of fresh water goby endemic to Lake Marmara in Turkey where it can be found in shallow, poorly oxygenated water with plentiful weed growth. This species can reach a length of 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Knipowitschia mermere. 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 mermere" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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