Caspian stellate tadpole-goby

The Caspian stellate tadpole-goby (Benthophilus leobergius),[2] also known as the starry goby,[3] is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Caspian Sea basin. It is widespread along all coasts of the Caspian Sea with exception of the central-eastern, and in the lowest part of the Volga River. In the southern part of the basin, it is mentioned near the Ogurja Ada, in the Gorgansky Bay, and in the Sefīd-Rūd River.[4] This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL.[2]

Caspian stellate tadpole-goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Benthophilus
Species:
B. leobergius
Binomial name
Benthophilus leobergius
The range of the Caspian stellate tadpole-goby
Synonyms
  • Benthophilus stellatus leobergius L. S. Berg, 1949

The fish was named by Boris Ilyin after the ichthyologist and geographer Leo S. Berg, and properly taxonomically described by Berg himself the same year, then as a subspecies of Benthophilus stellatus (i.e. B. stellatus leobergius). [5] The specific name is a latinisation of Berg's name.[6]

References
  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Benthophilus leobergius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: T135680A4178654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135680A4178654.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Benthophilus leobergius" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. PIRI HOSSEIN, ENAYAT G. TAYEBE (2013) STUDY ON SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STARRY GOBY (BENTHOPHILUS STELLATUS LEOBERGIUS BERG 1949) IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CASPIAN SEA (GUILAN PROVINCE) JOURNAL OF SCIENCE (KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY) 13, 713-716.
  4. Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.
  5. B. stellatus (Sauvage, 1874) - звездчатая пуголовка Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Позвоночные животные России www.sevin.ru
  6. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 August 2018.


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