Benthophilus leptorhynchus 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 : 168

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7120123

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scientific name

Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877
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13. Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877 View in CoL , Long-nosed Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877: 56 View in CoL , fig. 12a; type locality: Azerbaijan: off Baku, depth 149.4 m; lectotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 10895 (damaged), paralectotypes: (2) whereabouts unknown.

Etymology: Greek, leptos = slender + Greek, rhynchos = beak, refers to the relatively long snout.

Distribution and habitat: Known only from the western coast of the Middle Caspian Sea and the very north of the South Caspian Sea, from off Sulak River mouth south to Baku ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ). Not confirmed by specimens for Iran. Deepwater, reported at depths of 40–150 m at salinity 10–13.5 ‰ ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2020g).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gobiidae

Genus

Benthophilus

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Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877

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

Benthophilus leptorhynchus

Kessler, K. T. 1877: 56
1877
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