Adriatic dwarf goby (Knipowitschia panizzae)

Scientific name: Knipowitschia panizzae Verga, 1841

Adriatic dwarf goby (Knipowitschia panizzae)

The Adriatic dwarf goby (Knipowitschia panizzae) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae.

Biology

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: no posterior oculoscapular canal; anterior extremity of anterior oculoscapular canal in front of middle of eye; body of live breeding males with dark spots or bars; back unscaled in front of ray 4-8 of second dorsal; total scales in midlateral series 32-39.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Knipowitschia panizzae
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
5.5
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Europe: Italian, Slovenian and Croatian coast of Adriatic and Ionian seas; recorded southward to Basilicate (Italy), but record from Evinos estuary (Greece) needs confirmation. Introduced to Lake Trasimeno (central Italy) and few localities of Tyrrhenian slope.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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