Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877

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Benthophilus granulosus Kessler, 1877 – Native

Benthophilus granulosus Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 57; Type locality: Baku Bay, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. Lectotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 2242. Syntypes: (7 + 1) BMNH 1897.7.5.14 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN 10898 (1, damaged).

Benthophilus squamatus Baer [G. A.] in Lukina 1984: 168; Type locality: Bight at Novopetrovsk, Mangyshlak. No types known.

Common name: Pr: Gavmahi Zigildar, En: Granular Pugolovka.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by having a well-developed barbel chin (almost longer than eye diameter), with wide swollen base and filiform appendage (vs. nearly equal to or smaller than eye diameter, conical). Also can separated by having wide circular head (vs. triangular), head width 90–104% HL (vs. 70–94), larger mouth (its width 57–62% HL vs. 40–59), usually 17–18 caudal vertebrae (vs. 19–20).

Meristic characters: D 1: III–V (IV), D 2: I 7–9 (8), A: I 7–9 (7–8), P: 15–17 (16), TV: 26–28, PF: 3–221*01*1*02, 3–221*01*1*1.

Distribution: Caspian basin ( Fig. 420). Kottelat and Freyhof (2007) map this species from the Iranian shore.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008i).