Benthophiloides turcomanus ( Iljin, 1941 )

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 : 164

4. Benthophiloides turcomanus ( Iljin, 1941) , Turkmen Goby

Asra turcomanus Iljin, 1941: 384 , 388, figs. 1–4: type locality: South Caspian Sea , off Chikishlar [Chikishlyar], 37°45.5’ N 53°47’ E. 9.3 m; southwest of Ulsky Bank, 38°05’ N 52°34’ E, depth 26.5 m, Turkmenistan; types: a holotype was not designated, and both syntypes (1 juvenile, 1 male) appear to have been lost.

Etymology: The species name turcomanus refers to its capture off the coast of Turkmenistan.

Distribution and habitat: The two syntypes were collected in offshore waters of the South Caspian Sea in 1935, from stations 8 miles north of Chikishlyar (depth 9.3 m) and 29 miles southwest of the Ulsky bank, depth 26.5 m ( Fig. 8A ) ( Iljin 1941). We discerned no additional records of this species.

IUCN: DD ( Mamilov 2020b).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Distribution of (A) Anatirostrum profundorum, Babka gymnotrachelus, Benthophiloides brauneri, Benthophiloides turcomanus, and Benthophilus pinchuki, (B) Benthophilus baeri, and (C) Benthophilus casachicus, Benthophilus ctenolepidus, Benthophilus leptocephalus, and Benthophilus persicus.