254. Knipowitschia iljini Berg, 1931

Common name. Iljin’s dwarf goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Knipowitschia iljini Berg, 1931: 1271, pl. 1; figs. 1-2 [Middle part of Caspian Sea; Syntypes: (many) ZIN 22052 (65), 24370 (16),?24424 (6+)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 172, fig. 18).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 452-Caspian Marine.

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

Conservation. —IUCN: DD.