Knipowitschia cameliae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	GOBIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Knipowitschia cameliae
Species Authority:	Nalbant & Otel, 1996
Common Name/s: English – Danube Delta Dwarf Goby

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered   A2b; B1ab(v)+2ab(v)   ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Justification: Possibly extinct. Not found at the only known location (the type locality, a small brackish lagoon near Portita, south of Danube delta) and adjacent water bodies since 1994. Presence in similar habitats elsewhere in Danube delta should be investigated.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Romania: known from a single small lagoon near Portita, south of Danube delta in the Golovita-Sinoe-Razelm Lake complex.
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Romania
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Population [top]

Population:	Last recorded in 1994, when it was described. The site was visited the year later and none were found. Another survey in 1998 also failed to find the species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: A small and shallow lagoon behind coastal sand dunes with brackish water and mud bottom. Biology: No data.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. Nalbant, T.T. and Otel, V. 1996. Knipowitschia cameliae (Pisces: Gobiidae) a new species of dwarf gobies from the panizzae group. Some problems of its protection.