Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976

Zarei, Fatah, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Abbasi, Keyvan, Kovačić, Marcelo, Schliewen, Ulrich K. & Stepien, Carol A., 2022, Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the oldest and deepest Caspian Sea sub-basin: an evidence-based annotated checklist and a key for species identification, Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 151-193 : 168

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.1

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Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976
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15. Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976 View in CoL , Mahmudbejov’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976: 1196 View in CoL ; type locality: off Cape Peschanyy , Middle Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, depth 40 m; holotype: ZISP 53655 [ex IZAB 027 ], paratypes: ZISP 53656 [ex IZAB 012 ] (20).

Etymology: Named for A. A. Mahmudbejov, a leading ichthyologist of Azerbaijan.

Distribution and habitat: Along coasts of all three areas of the Caspian Sea ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ): Volga River region of the North Caspian Sea; eastern coast of the Middle and South Caspian Sea from Peschanyy Cape south to Cheleken Peninsula and Ogurchinskiy Island, Turkmenistan. The report on its distribution in the coastal waters of Gilan ( Iran) by Abbasi (2017) refers to the recently described B. persicus . No records from Iran. At depths 3–15 m in the North Caspian Sea, and down to 50 m in the Middle and South Caspian Sea regions, abundant in the Volga River delta. Both fresh and brackish waters, up to 13 ‰. Prefers shallow waters, spawns in waters 1–11 m deep ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008f).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Benthophilus

Loc

Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976

Zarei, Fatah, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Abbasi, Keyvan, Kovačić, Marcelo, Schliewen, Ulrich K. & Stepien, Carol A. 2022
2022
Loc

Benthophilus mahmudbejovi

Ragimov 1976: 1196
1976
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