Danube delta dwarf goby

Knipowitschia cameliae, the Danube delta dwarf goby, is a species of goby known only from the brackish and fresh waters of a lagoon south of the Danube Delta in Romania. This fish is a shallow water species being found in waters less than 1 metre (3.3 ft) deep. This species can reach a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.^[2] This species has been assessed by the IUCN as Critically Endangered, possibly extinct, it was last recorded in 1994 and surveys in that year and 1998 have failed to record the species.^[1] The specific name honours Camelia Iliana Nalbant, the wife of the senior author.^[3]

Danube delta dwarf goby
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Knipowitschia
Species:	K. cameliae
Binomial name
Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995

References

1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Knipowitschia cameliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135504A4134338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135504A4134338.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Knipowitschia cameliae". 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.