Benthophilus svetovidovi Pinchuk & Ragimov, 1979

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 : 170

20. Benthophilus svetovidovi Pinchuk & Ragimov, 1979 , Svetovidov’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus svetovidovi Pinchuk & Ragimov, 1979: 515 ; type locality: South Caspian Sea (?), depth 86 m; holotype: ZIN 43672, female, 39 mm TL, paratypes: ZIN 43673 (1, lost).

Etymology: Named after A. N. Svetovidov, Russian ichthyologist.

Distribution and habitat: Known from along the eastern coast of Middle Caspian Sea and from off Ogurchinskiy Island (ZISP) in the northeastern South Caspian Sea ( Fig. 11A ). No records from Iran. Recorded from 30–200 m depths at 12–13.5 ‰ salinity ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: DD ( Bogutskaya 2020j).

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FIGURE 11. Distribution of (A) Benthophilus granulosus, Benthophilus leptorhynchus, Benthophilus grimmi and Benthophilus svetovidovi, (B) Benthophilus leobergius, Benthophilus microcephalus and Benthophilus kessleri and (C) Benthophilus mahmudbejovi, Benthophilus ragimovi and Benthophilus spinosus.