Knipowitschia panizzae, the Adriatic dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to the coasts of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas where it has been recorded in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia with records from Greece needing to be confirmed. It prefers fresh and brackish waters with plentiful vegetation. This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2] It is not known who the specific name honours but it is thought likely to be the Italian anatomist Bartolomeo Panizza (1785-1867), who studied the post-reproductive mortality of male sea lampreys.[3]
| Adriatic dwarf goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Knipowitschia |
| Species: | K. panizzae
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| Knipowitschia panizzae (Verga, 1841)
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References
edit- ^ Freyhof, J. (2024). "Knipowitschia panizzae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T11032A135088334. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Knipowitschia panizzae". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (3 December 2024). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 17.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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