Anatirostrum profundorum (Berg, 1927)

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Anatirostrum profundorum (Berg, 1927) – Native

Benthophilus profundorum Berg [L. S.] 1927: 335; Type locality: Southern Caspian Sea, 37°58'N, 52°22'E, depth 294 m. Syntypes: ZIN 23134 (now 14).

Common name: Pr: Gav mahi nuk ordaki, Gavmahi poozeh deraz, En: Duckbill pugolovka.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by elongate, flattened and duck’s bill like head, dissimilar to gobies of the genus Benthophilus the body has granules and minute platelets. There are 8 rather than 6, vertical, suborbital series of pit organs, postorbital without occipital series, and the lake of cheek flaps behind the jaw angle.

Meristic characters: D 1: III–IV (IV), D 2: I 8–11(10), A: I 8–11, P: 14–16, LS: naked, TV: 29–30.

Distribution: Caspian basin ( Fig. 417). Found in deep water of southern Caspian Sea.

Taxonomy: Coad (1995) placed in Anatirostrum .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Data Deficient. Very little is known about this species in general. Therefore, we did not believe there was enough information to objectively evaluate its conservation status.