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Volga dwarf goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Hyrcanogobius
Species:	H. bergi
Binomial name
Hyrcanogobius bergi Iljin, 1928
Synonyms
Knipowitschia bergi (Iljin, 1928)

Hyrcanogobius bergi, the Volga dwarf goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Caspian Sea where it occurs in fresh, brackish and marine waters along the coast. Unusual for gobies, this species is almost a fully pelagic fish. H. bergi grows to a length of 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is also the only known member of its genus. The specific name honours the Soviet zoologist Lev Berg (1876-1950) who described many new species of goby from the Caspian Sea.

References

1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Knipowitschia bergi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135608A4160102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135608A4160102.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hyrcanogobius bergi". FishBase. June 2013 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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