Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov, 1978

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 : 165

6. Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov, 1978 , Kazakhstan Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus stellatus casachicus Ragimov, 1978: 795 ; type locality: south of Kenderlinskaya Spit , eastern shore of the Middle Caspian Sea, depth 36 m; holotype: ZISP 53661 , female, 62 mm TL, paratypes: IZA 204 (2), whereabouts unknown.

Etymology: The species name casachicus is derived from the country name of Kazakhstan off whose coast the species was first discovered.

Distribution and habitat: Mostly along the eastern Caspian Sea coast from Cape Peschany ( Kazakhstan) to Ogurchinskiy Island ( Turkmenistan) ( Fig. 8C ), in brackish waters at 15–75 m depth and 13 ‰ salinity, also known from the Volga River delta ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). No records for Iran.

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2020b).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of (A) Anatirostrum profundorum, Babka gymnotrachelus, Benthophiloides brauneri, Benthophiloides turcomanus, and Benthophilus pinchuki, (B) Benthophilus baeri, and (C) Benthophilus casachicus, Benthophilus ctenolepidus, Benthophilus leptocephalus, and Benthophilus persicus.