Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Gobiidae > Knipowitschia > Knipowitschia caucasica

Knipowitschia caucasica (Goby; Caucasian dwarf goby)

Synonyms: Bubyr caucasicus (homotypic); Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii; Gobius caucasicus; Gobius lencoranicus (heterotypic); Pomatoschistus caucasicus (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Kai Maes, the Caucasian dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aegean Sea and to the Haliacmon drainage of Greece. It inhabits shallow waters (0 to 2 metres (0.0 to 6.6 ft)) with plentiful weed growth where it can find its prey consisting of small crustaceans, the larvae of chironomids and the larvae of the mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Spawning takes place after their first winter with the eggs being deposited onto the roof of a cavity formed by rocks, shells or plant materials. The male will remain to defend the eggs. This species can reach a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL
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Attributes

Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Atanasovsko ezero 17814 Bulgaria  
Mandra - Poda 15162 Bulgaria  

Predators

Alosa macedonica (Liparia)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gyrodactylus bubyri[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Grenouillet, G. & Schmidt-Kloiber., A.; 2006; Fish Indicator Database. Euro-limpacs project, Workpackage 7 - Indicators of ecosystem health, Task 4, www.freshwaterecology.info, version 5.0 (accessed on July 3, 2012).
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0