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Cybium,
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Is Knipowitschia caucasica-like form from the Adriatic Sea a new goby species? Evidence from a morphological approach in the Eastern Adriatic Sea Marcelo KOVACIC (1) & Armin PALLAORO (2) (1) Prirodoslovni
muzej Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, HR-51000 Rijeka, CROATIA. Abstract.
- Specimens of the gobiid Knipowitschia caucasica (Kawrajski
in Berg, 1916) were collected since 1999 along the eastern Adriatic coast.
Specimens were found in waters of different salinity, from fresh to almost
sea water conditions, in springs near the sea, in small lagoons at river
mouths, and in the sea-influenced parts of rivers. Standard lengths of
the 87 examined specimens varied from 18.5 - 35.7 mm. The present findings
confirmed previously questioned presence of this species in the Adriatic
Sea and provides data on morphology and ecology of the Adriatic specimens. |
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