Knipowitschia Iljin [B. S.] 1927:129, 131 Fem. Gobius longecaudatus Kessler 1877. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Iljin 1928:43 [ref. 2296], and spelled once as Knipovitschia; species also seen as longicaudatus. •Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927 -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1047 [ref. 13677], Economidis & Miller 1990:147 [ref. 16710], Ahnelt 1991 [ref. 19167], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Larson 2001:4/7 [ref. 25522], Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Miller in Miller 2004:331 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:325 [ref. 27956], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Kavačić 2005:275 [ref. 28382], Kavačić & Sanda 2007:81 [ref. 29335], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:553, 566 [ref. 29996], Miller & Sanda 2008:259 [ref. 29469], Miller 2009:1499 [ref. 30234], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:65 [ref. 36649], Ahnelt 2011:22 [ref. 31650], Thacker 2011:130 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Halasi-Kovács et al. 2011:257 [ref. 31756], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Thacker 2012:369 [ref. 32649] in Gobionellidae, Parin et al. 2014:489 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Vukić et al. 2016:363 [ref. 34392], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36267], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Thacker et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36082] in Gobionellidae, Parenti 2021:324 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia Iljin 1927. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae.