Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877

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 : 166

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

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Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877
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8. Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877 View in CoL ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ), Granular Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877: 57 View in CoL , fig. 14; type locality: Baku Bay , Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan; lectotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 2242, syntypes: (7 + 1) BMNH 1897.7 .5.14 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN 10898 (1, damaged).

Etymology: Latin, granulatus = covered or composed of grains, refers to the granular appearance of the skin.

Distribution and habitat: Coastal waters in all three sub-basins of the Caspian Sea ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ), also enters river deltas. Eurybathic, during the warm season, it inhabits shallow coastal waters (0.5–20 m), then migrates to deeper places (down to 60–70 m) in the winter ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). Marked for Iran on the minimap in Pinchuk & Miller (2004x), but according to Boldyrev & Bogutskaya (2007) lacked Iranian records, but now has been confirmed in Iran by Abbasi (2017) and by the present study’s examined material.

Material examined: ZM-CBSU S006, 1, off Anzali & ZM-CBSU S023, 2, off Chaboksar , Gilan Province, Iran .

IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Benthophilus

Loc

Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877

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

Benthophilus granulosus

Kessler, K. T. 1877: 57
1877
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