Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004

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 : 170

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18. Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004 , Ragimov’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004: 132 , fig. 2; type locality: between Yasma and Kilyazi, Azerbaijan, depth 50 m; holotype: ZIN 53216 View Materials , male, 67.8 mm SL, paratypes : ZIAZ 93 (8). 467 (6); ZIN 23126 View Materials (3), 53217 (1), 53218 (7), 53219 (4), plus additional non-type material .

Etymology: Named after D. B. Ragimov, an authority of Caspian Sea gobiid fishes.

Distribution and habitat: West coast of the Middle and South Caspian Sea from Chechen Island ( Russia) south to the Astara region ( Azerbaijan) ( Fig. 11C). No records from Iran, but based on geographic proximity to its recording site in Azerbaijan (Astara), we predict its presence in the coastal waters of Gilan. Occurs at salinities 11.0–13.2 ‰. A deep water species (depths 30–200 m), spawning at 10–20 m ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2021).

References

Bogutskaya, N. (2021) Benthophilus ragimovi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e. T 159639612 A 159639639. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2021 - 1. RLTS. T 159639612 A 159639639. en

Boldyrev, V. S. & Bogutskaya, N. G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18, 31 - 96.