Knipowitschia iljini

Knipowitschia iljini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Knipowitschia
Species:	K. iljini
Binomial name
	Knipowitschia iljini; L. S. Berg, 1931

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Knipowitschia iljini is a species of goby Endemic to the Caspian Sea, where it inhabits the deep waters in the central part. This species can reach a length of 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in) TL.^[1] The specific name honours the taxonomist of Gobiiformes Boris Sergeevich Iljin (1889-1958), who researched the gobies of the Black and Caspian seas.^[2]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Knipowitschia iljini" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Knipowitschia iljini" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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