Benthophilus macrocephalus (Pallas, 1787)

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 74

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scientific name

Benthophilus macrocephalus (Pallas, 1787)
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236. Benthophilus macrocephalus (Pallas, 1787) View in CoL

Common name. Caspian tadpole goby, bighead tadpole goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius macrocephalus Pallas, 1787: 352 , pl. 10 (figs. 4-6) [Mare Caspicum [Caspian Sea]; No types known].

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Pallas (1787: 352, figs. 4–6).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 452-Caspian Marine, 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gavmahi-e sar bozorg.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Benthophilus

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