Scientific Name
Knipowitschia punctatissima
Common Name
Italian spring goby
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 7-8;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 7;
Vertebrae: 31. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: no head lateral line canals; scales only under pectoral; body of live breeding males with 10-15 dark, irregular bars; D1 7 rays, D2 8.5 branched rays, A 7-8.5 branched rays (Ref. 59043); interorbit with uniserial row of papillae flanking each orbit (Ref. 12215).