Neretva dwarf goby (Knipowitschia croatica)

Scientific name: Knipowitschia croatica Mrakovcic, Kerovec, Misetic & Schneider, 1996

The Neretva dwarf goby (Knipowitschia croatica) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina: lower Neretva drainage. Croatia: upper Matica drainage, Neretva springs and Lake Bacina.

Biology

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: body of breeding males with 15-18 dark irregular bars; absence of cephalic lateral line canals; body scales only under pectoral; D1 6; D2 7.5 branched rays; A 9.5 branched rays.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Knipowitschia croatica
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.7
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Europe: Bosnia-Herzegovina: lower Neretva drainage. Croatia: upper Matica drainage, Neretva springs and Lake Bacina.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Vulnerable (VU) (B2ab(iii); D2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
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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