Danube Delta dwarf goby
Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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. 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. The specific name honours Camelia Iliana Nalbant, the wife of the senior author.
Wikipedia contributors, Danube delta dwarf goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:38:17.437597+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995
- Name authority
- Nalbant & Oţel, 1995
- Common name
- Danube Delta dwarf goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Knipowitschia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobionellinae Bleeker, 1874
- genusKnipowitschia Iljin, 1927
- speciesKnipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Knipowitschia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Knipowitschia thessala (Vinciguerra, 1921) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knipowitschia montenegrina Kovačić & Šanda, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knipowitschia mermere Ahnelt, 1995 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caucasian dwarf gobyKnipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knipowitschia caunosi Ahnelt, 2011 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knipowitschia goerneri Ahnelt, 1991 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knipowitschia ricasolii (Di Caporiacco, 1935) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Nalbant, T. T., & Oţel, V. (1995). Knipowitschia cameliae (Pisces: Gobiidae) a new species of dwarf gobies from the panizzae group. Some problems of its protection. Ocrotirea Naturii Si a Mediului Înconjurator. Bucuresti, 39 (1–2): 51–57. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6NLT4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.