Il ghiozzetto dobrugio-caspico, Knipowitschia caucasica  (Berg, 1916)

Nomi comuni esteri - Greco - Pontogovios. Tedesco - Kaukasus-Grundel. Finnico - Asovantokko. Russo - Bychok-bubyr. Rumeno - Guvid mic. Bulgaro - Dalache. Persiano - Gavmahi, Gel-ye Mahi Qffazye. Turco - Kaya baligi, Küçükkaya baligi.

Pomatoschistus caucasicus Berg (ex Kavraiskii) [Kawrajski] 1916. Les Poissons des eaux douces de la Russie. Moscow. Poiss. Eaux Douces Russie i-xxvii + 1-563; 409. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: nomenclatura valida come "Pomatoschistus caucasicus" Berg 1916, secondo Berg 1949:1065; nomenclatura valida come "Knipowitschia caucasica" (Berg 1916), per Miller 1973:497, Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1047, Economidis & Miller 1990:152, Coad 1995:30, Ahnelt et al. 1995:49, Bianco et al. 1996:53, Kottelat 1997:177, McKay & Miller 1997:1464, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754, Vasil'eva 1998:135, Coad 1998:103, Vasil'eva & Kuga 2001:159, Gabrielyan 2001:28, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47, Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:133, Kovacic & Pallaoro 2003:131, Vasil'eva 2003:S47, Miller et al. in Miller 2004:343, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182. Nomenclatura comparsa inizialmente come "Gobius caucasicus" Kavraiskii [Kawrajsky] in Radde 1899, non disponibile. I sintipi del BMNH provengono da una località menzionata sotto "Gobius caucasicus" Kavraiskii in Radde 1899. Località tipo: palude vicino a Batum e lago Inkit nei pressi di Pitzunda, Georgia, Eurasia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: BMNH 1896.3.28.26-28 [ex Mus. Tiflis] (3) Lago Temirgorje, Georgia, Eurasia.

Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916). Nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Gobius lencoranicus Kessler 1877. The Aralo-Caspian Expedition. IV. Fishes of the Aralo-Caspio-Pontine ichthyological region. St. Petersburg. Aralo-Caspian Exped. i-xxvii + 1-360; 34. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Opinioni: discutibile come sinonimo di "Pomatoschistus caucasica" (Berg 1916), per Berg 1949:1064; Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Opinioni: discutibile come sinonimo di "Knipowitschia caucasica" (Berg 1916), secondo Miller 1973:497, Economidis & Miller 1990:152, Vasil'eva 1998:135, Miller et al. in Miller 2004:343; in sinonimia di "Knipowitschia caucasica" (Berg 1916), per Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1047 come "lenkoranica", Coad 1995:30 come "lenkoranicus", Kottelat 1997:177, Vasil'eva 2003:S47 con formula dubitativa, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:225. Nome soppresso dalla ICZN (Opinione 860) come "lenkoranicus", non valido. Provenienza del materiale esaminato: palude a Lendoran, Azerbaijan.

Gobius caucasicus Kavraiskii in Radde 1899. Die Sammlungen des Kaukasischen Museums. I. Zoologie. Tiflis Mus. Caucas. 305-324; 309. Status: nomen nudum, nomenclatura non valida. disponibile da Berg 1916 come "Pomatoschistus caucasicus"; come nome dell'autore viene citato Kawrajsky. Nessuna descrizione e nessuna località tipo specificata.  Provenienza del materiale esaminato: pantani nei dintorni di Batumi e lago Temirgorje.

Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii Sözer 1941. Türkiye Gobiidleri. Les Gobiidés de la Turquie. Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul (Sér. B: Sci. Nat.) 128-169; v. 6 (nos. 1-2) 159. Status: sinonimo junor, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Knipowitschia caucasica" (Berg 1916), secondo Miller 1973:497, Economidis & Miller 1990:153, Kottelat 1997:177; Località tipo: Lago Manyas, Anatolia, Turchia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: (7) attuale collocazione ignota.

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