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

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

Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877: 53 , 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 ). 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).

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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.

FIGURE 9. Benthophilus baeri. ZM-CBSU S002-14, 54.8 mm SL; Off Anzali, Gilan Province, Iran.