Knipowitschia panizzae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	GOBIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Knipowitschia panizzae
Species Authority:	(Verga, 1841)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2006

Assessor/s:

Freyhof, J.

Reviewer/s:

Kottelat, M. & Smith, K.

Contributor/s:

Crivelli, A.J.

Justification:
A widespread species with no known major widespread threats.

European Union 27 = LC. Same rationale as above

History:

2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
1996	–	Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to the Adriatic catchment. It has been introduced in the Tyrrhenian catchment in Italy. In Greece it is only known from the Evinos delta, but the identity of this population needs confirmation.
Countries:	Native: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Italy Presence uncertain: Greece
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Population [top]

Population:	Abundant.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A eurihaline species found in fresh and brackish waters
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No major threats known.

Major Threat(s):

No major threats known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is listed in the Appendix III of the Bern Convention and in the Annex II of the European Union Habitat Directive.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed in the Appendix III of the Bern Convention and in the Annex II of the European Union Habitat Directive.

Bibliography [top]

	Bianco, P.G. 1995. Mediterranean endemic freshwater fishes of Italy. Biological Conservation 72: 159–170. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011). Papa, R., Nonnis Marzano, F., Gandolfi, G. and Tagliavini, J. 2001. Seasonal evolution of Knipowitschia panizzae (Teleostei, Gobiidae), population structure as revealed by biochemical variabilità., Quaderni ETP 30: 131?137. Zerunian, S. and Gandolfi, G. 1986. Considerazioni sui gobidi d'acqua dolce presenti nel basso lazio (Fisces, Gobiidae). Rivista di Idrobiologia 25: 1?3.

Bianco, P.G. 1995. Mediterranean endemic freshwater fishes of Italy. Biological Conservation 72: 159–170.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).

Papa, R., Nonnis Marzano, F., Gandolfi, G. and Tagliavini, J. 2001. Seasonal evolution of Knipowitschia panizzae (Teleostei, Gobiidae), population structure as revealed by biochemical variabilità., Quaderni ETP 30: 131?137.

Zerunian, S. and Gandolfi, G. 1986. Considerazioni sui gobidi d'acqua dolce presenti nel basso lazio (Fisces, Gobiidae). Rivista di Idrobiologia 25: 1?3.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. 2006. Knipowitschia panizzae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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