Benthophilus baeri 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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5. Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877 View in CoL ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ), Baer’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877: 53 View in CoL , fig. 10; type locality: Caspian Sea : near Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan; lectotype: ZISP 2239, paralectotypes: (11) BMNH 1897.7 .5.16 [ex St. Petersberg Univ.] (1), SPU 395 [463/410] (1), ZIN 53665 [ex 2239] (4).

Etymology: Named for K.E. von Baer, the Baltic German scientist and explorer.

Distribution and habitat: Coastal waters of the Caspian Sea ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ). Eurybathic, in warm seasons at depths 0.5–30 m, migrates to deeper waters, down to 100 m depth, in winter ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

Material examined: ZM-CBSU S002, 33, off Anzali & ZM-CBSU S054, 11, off the coast of Gilan Province, Iran .

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2020a).

References

Bogutskaya, N. (2020 a) Benthophilus baeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2020, e. T 156755278 A 156755320. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2020 - 3. RLTS. T 156755278 A 156755320. 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.

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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.