Knipowitschia longecaudata (Kessler, 1877)

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Knipowitschia longecaudata (Kessler, 1877) – Native

Gobius longecaudatus Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 35; Type locality: Southern and middle Caspian Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1897.7.5.10 [ex ZIN, var. C] (1), ZIN (lost).

Knipowitschia georghievi Pinchuk [V. I.] 1978: 798; Type locality: Gebedjinsky [Gebedzhinsk] Lake, Bulgaria. Holotype: ZIN 42337 (male of 2). Paratypes: ZIN 42337 (1 female of 2). Additional material: (3 + juveniles).

Common name: Pr: Gavmahi-ye dom deraz, En: Long tail dwarf goby.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by asymmetric caudal fin, anterior extremity of anterior oculoscapular canal in front of middle of eye (pore λ), the lack of posterior oculoscapular canal, back naked in front of origin of D 2, breeding males with 48 dark bars on the body, 33–40 scales in midlateral series.

Meristic characters: D 1: VI–VIII, D 2: I 7–9, A: I 8–9, P: 15–18, LS: 33–40, TV: 31–33.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 433).

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Knipowitschia .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008r).