Knipowitschia mrakovcici

Knipowitschia mrakovcici is a species of freshwater goby Endemic to the Krka River catchment in Croatia where it is only found in lakes. Males of this species can reach a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL while females only reach 2.8 centimetres (1.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Croatian biologist Milorad Mrakovčić of the University of Zagreb, who provided the author, Peter J. Miller, with the original type material.[3]

Knipowitschia mrakovcici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Knipowitschia
Species:
K. mrakovcici
Binomial name
Knipowitschia mrakovcici
P. J. Miller, 2009
Synonyms
  • Knipowitschia mrakovcici Mrakovčić, Mišetić & Povž, 1995 (nomen nudum)

References
  1. Freyhof, J. (2011). "Knipowitschia mrakovcici". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T184440A8277138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T184440A8277138.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Knipowitschia mrakovcici" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. 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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