Benthophilus leobergius Berg, 1949
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11. Benthophilus leobergius Berg, 1949 View in CoL ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ), Caspian Stellate Tadpole Goby
Benthophilus stellatus leobergius Berg, 1949: 1116 View in CoL , figs. 858–859; type locality: seemingly Astrabadskiy [Astrabad = Gorgan] Bay, Caspian Sea, Iran; lectotype: ZISP 23128, syntypes: ZISP 10891 (1).
Etymology: Named for L. S. Berg (Leo Berg), the leading Russian ichthyologist of the 20th century.
Distribution and habitat: Coastal areas of all three areas of the Caspian Sea, also enters river deltas ( Fig. 11B View FIGURE 11 ). Not reported from the eastern Middle Caspian Sea, but recorded form the Ogurchinskiy Island, Turkmenistan. Spawns and feeds at depths 0.5–10 m, migrating to deeper waters in the winter. Common at depths to 20–25 m ( Ragimov 1965), rarely to 64 m. Prefers slightly brackish waters, up to 13 ‰, and also occurring in freshwaters of the Volga River Delta ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).
Material examined: ZM-CBSU S007, 5 , & ZM-CBSU S037, 5 , off Anzali; ZM-CBSU S027, 1 , & ZM-CBSU S075, 1 , Shafaroud mouth, Gilan Province, Iran .
IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008d).
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Benthophilus leobergius Berg, 1949
Zarei, Fatah, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Abbasi, Keyvan, Kovačić, Marcelo, Schliewen, Ulrich K. & Stepien, Carol A. 2022 |
Benthophilus stellatus leobergius
Berg, L. S. 1949: 1116 |