Knipowitschia iljini

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| taxon = Knipowitschia iljini

| authority = L. S. Berg, 1931

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Knipowitschia iljini is a species of goby Endemic to the Caspian Sea, where it inhabits the deep waters in the central part. This species can reach a length of {{convert|4.7|cm|in}} TL.{{FishBase species |genus= Knipowitschia|species= iljini| month = June | year = 2013}} The specific name honours the taxonomist of Gobiiformes Boris Sergeevich Iljin (1889-1958), who researched the gobies of the Black and Caspian seas.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/ | title = Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p) | accessdate= 3 September 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 14 July 2018}}