Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler, 1877

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

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7. Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler, 1877 View in CoL , Spiny-scaled Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler, 1877: 48 View in CoL , fig. 11; type locality: southern Caspian Sea , south of Baku, Azerbaijan; lectotype: ZIN 10897, paralectotypes: (4) BMNH 1897.7 .5.13 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN (lost).

Etymology: Greek, ctenos = comb + Greek, lepis = scale, refers to the arrangement of spines edging the bony tubercles in the skin.

Distribution and habitat: South Caspian Sea ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ): southeastern part, Gorgan Bay and off Zelenyy Bugor and Belyy Bugor ( Turkmenistan), and along the western coast from the Apsheron Peninsula south to the Astara region of Azerbaijan ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). Abbasi (2017) listed it in the coastal waters of Gilan, and maps in Pinchuk & Miller (2004c), and Boldyrev & Bogutskaya (2007) show it along the Iranian coast. Occurring in salinities up to 12.4–13.0 ‰. Eurybathic, spawns and forages in warm seasons at depths from 0.5–10 m, migrating in winter to depths of 20–60 m ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2020c).

References

Abbasi, K. (2017) Fishes of Guilan. Iliya Culture Publication, Rasht, 208 pp. [in Persian]

Bogutskaya, N. (2020 c) Benthophilus ctenolepidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2020, e. T 156755702 A 156755728. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2020 - 3. RLTS. T 156755702 A 156755728. 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.

Kessler, K. T. (1877) The Aralo - Caspian Expedition. IV. Fishes of the Aralo - Caspio - Pontine Ichthyological Region. Naturgeschichte der Fische Islands, St. Petersburg, 360 pp.

Pinchuk, V. I. & Miller, P. J. (2004 c) Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler, 1877. In: Miller, P. J. (Ed.), The Freshwater Fishes of Europe Vol. 8 / II Gobiidae 2. AULA-Verlag GmbH, Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Wiebelsheim, pp. 187 - 191.

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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.