Italian spring goby (Knipowitschia punctatissima)

Scientific name: Knipowitschia punctatissima Canestrini, 1864

Italian spring goby (Knipowitschia punctatissima)

The Italian spring goby (Knipowitschia punctatissima) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Europe, north-eastern Italy, including Veneto and eastern Po basin and Croatia.

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; interorbit with uniserial row of papillae flanking each orbit.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Knipowitschia punctatissima
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.5
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Europe: north-eastern Italy, including Veneto and eastern Po basin and Croatia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near Threatened (NT)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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