Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiiformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobionellinae > Genus Knipowitschia

Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Knipowitschia*	Iljin, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pomatoschistus caucasica*	Berg, 1916	objective synonym
*Pomatoschistus caucasicus*	Berg, 1916	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Caucasian dwarf goby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Kaukasus-Grundel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ποντογωβιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Kaukazinė knipovičija sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: babka kaukaska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Бычок Книповича кавказский; бычок-бубырь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kavkaški glavaček sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kaya baligi; kaya balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бичок-кніповічія кавказький

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Knipowitschia caucasica, by Naseka, A.M.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126899

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0d6af67b-8d9d-4b17-8e51-2c4e01869701