Benthophilus grimmi 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 : 166-167

9. Benthophilus grimmi Kessler, 1877 , Grimm’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus grimmi Kessler, 1877: 59 , pl. V, fig. 13; type locality: South Caspian Sea , south of Baku, Azerbaijan; lectotype: BMNH 1897.7 . 5.15, paralectotypes: (7)? NMW 76987 (1) , SPU 394 [465/412] (1), ZIN 10893 (1).

Etymology: The specific name honors O. von Grimm, the Russian ichthyologist.

Distribution and habitat: Western part of the Middle Caspian Sea and the northwest South Caspian Sea from Chechen Island ( Russia) to south of Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan ( Fig. 11A ). Eurybathic, found over a considerable depth range, from 2–227 m under pleio-mesohaline conditions. It reportedly does not enter rivers ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). No confirmed records from Iran.

IUCN: DD ( Bogutskaya 2020d).

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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.