Knipowitschia caunosi Ahnelt, 2011
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 caunosi, the Caunos goby or Köycegiz dwarf goby, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae which is endemic to Lake Köycegiz in western Anatolia near the Aegean Sea. The lake is protected and the species is abundant within the lake so the IUCN have classified K. caunosi as Least Concern. The specific name references the mythological figure Caunos, who was the twin sister of Byblis, in legend his sister fell in love with him and he fled to avoid committing incest, founding the ancient city Kaunos in Caria, the ruins of which are situated on the southwest Anatolian coast; near to Lake Köycegiz.
Wikipedia contributors, Knipowitschia caunosi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:56:13.556890+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Knipowitschia caunosi Ahnelt, 2011
- Name authority
- Ahnelt, 2011
- 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: no · 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 caunosi Ahnelt, 2011
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 |
| Danube Delta dwarf gobyKnipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel, 1995 | 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 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.
- Ahnelt, H. (2011). Two new sympatric Knipowitschia species Teleostei: Gobiidae) from an eastern Mediterranean coastal lake - examples of different dispersal patterns? Zootaxa, 3114: 22–30. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.202003 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:6NM54. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.