Knipowitschia cameliae

Knipowitschia cameliae (Nalbant & Oţel, 1995) is an endemic marine fish, very rare, known only from the Danube Delta in the Black Sea.


Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Actinopterygii - Huxley, 1880 - Ray-Finned Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Clupeocephala
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Genus: Knipowitschia - Iljin, 1927
Specific name: cameliae - Nalbant & Otel, 1995
Scientific name: - Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995

Etymology of Generic name: Because of N.M. Knipowitsch, a zoologist and Russian ichthyologist from the Academy of Sciences, who initiated expeditions in "Pomor" and "Pervosvanniy" ships to Azov and Black sea (1898-1908).

Max length : 3.1 cm (female)
Environment: demersal; brackish; marine
Climate / Range: Temperate
Vulnerability: Low vulnerability (10 of 100)
Distribution: Europe: Black Sea (Romania). Known from a single small lagoon near Portiţa, south of Danube Delta in the Goloviţa-Sinoe-Razelm lake complex.