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Bubyr goby

Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bubyr goby (Knipowitschia caucasica) is a species in the family Gobiidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the bubyr goby

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bubyr goby live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bubyr goby as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Kazakhstan
  2. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bubyr goby endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bubyr goby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusKnipowitschia
  7. SpeciesKnipowitschia caucasica (Berg, 1916)

Synonyms Bubyr caucasicus, Bubyr caucasicus kosswigii, Gobius caucasicus, Gobius lencoranicus, Knipowitschia caucasia, Pomatoschistus caucasicus

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Caucasian dwarf gobyEnglish
  • Danube delta dwarf gobyEnglish
  • Кавказко попчеBulgarian
  • hlaváč modrolesklýCzech
  • Kaukasus-GrundelGerman
  • ΠοντογωβιόςGreek
  • silotokkoFinnish
  • Glavočić kavkaskiCroatian
  • Kaukázusi gébHungarian
  • Ghiozzetto caucasicoItalian
  • Kaukazinė knipovičijaLithuanian
  • Kaukasische dwerggrondelDutch
  • babka kaukaskaPolish
  • бычок-бубырьRussian
  • kavkaški glavačekSlovenian
  • kaya baligiTurkish
  • Кніповичія дунайськаUkrainian
  • AsovantokkoFinnish
  • Кавказский бычокRussian
  • Бычок Книповича кавказскийRussian
  • Kafkas KayabalığıTurkish
  • Kafkas KayasıTurkish
  • kaya balığıTurkish
  • Küçükkaya BalığıTurkish
  • Кніповичія кавказькаUkrainian
  • Кніповічія кавказькаUkrainian
  • Бичок-кніповічія кавказькийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bubyr goby

Other species in the same genus Knipowitschia.

Lagoon goby

Knipowitschia panizzae

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Goby

Knipowitschia croatica

GobiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bubyr goby an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bubyr goby as introduced in 2 countries: Kazakhstan and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bubyr goby?

The bubyr goby (Knipowitschia caucasica) belongs to the family Gobiidae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bubyr goby (Knipowitschia caucasica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bubyr-goby

MLA

“Bubyr goby (Knipowitschia caucasica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bubyr-goby.

BibTeX
@misc{bubyr_goby_2026,
  title = {Bubyr goby (Knipowitschia caucasica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bubyr-goby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}