WoRMS taxon details
Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)
126899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126899)
accepted
Species
Bubyr caucasicus (Berg, 1916) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii Sözer, 1941 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobius lencoranicus Kessler, 1877 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916) Berg, L. S. (1916). Les Poissons des eaux douces de la Russie. <em>Moscow.</em> i-xxvii + 1-563. [In Russian.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126899 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916) Berg, L. S. (1916). Les Poissons des eaux douces de la Russie. <em>Moscow.</em> i-xxvii + 1-563. [In Russian.]. [details] 
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Caucasian dwarf goby | [details] |
| German | Kaukasus-Grundel | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Kaukazinė knipovičija | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ποντογωβιός | [details] |
| Polish | babka kaukaska | [details] |
| Russian | бычок-бубырьБычок Книповича кавказский | [details] |
| Slovenian | kavkaški glavaček | [details] |
| Turkish | kaya balığıkaya baligi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Бичок-кніповічія кавказький | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (81 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius lencoranicus Kessler, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bubyr caucasicus (Berg, 1916))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Knipowitschia caucasica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lencoranicus Kessler, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii Sözer, 1941)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins) (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins) (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius lencoranicus Kessler, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Bubyr caucasicus (Berg, 1916))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Knipowitschia caucasica)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lencoranicus Kessler, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii Sözer, 1941)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins) (from synonym Gobius caucasicus Kavraisky, 1899)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins) (from synonym Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg, 1916)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 49875 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS