The small-spine tadpole-goby (Benthophilus mahmudbejovi) is a species of goby, a small fish native to the eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the Volga River up to Volgograd. In the sea it is recorded from the Cape Peschany to the Çeleken Peninsula and Ogurja Ada Island in the south.[2] It is abundant the Volga River delta.[1] This species can be found at depths down to 50 metres (160 ft) although the adults generally are not found deeper than 11 metres (36 ft). This species can reach a length of 6.6 centimetres (2.6 in) TL.[3] The specific name honours the Azerbaijani ichthyologist A. A. Mahmudbekov, studied the fish of the Caspian Sea for much of his life.[4]
| Small-spine tadpole-goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Benthophilus |
| Species: | B. mahmudbejovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Ragimov, 1976
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| The range of the Small-spine tadpole-goby | |
References
edit- ^ a b Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Benthophilus mahmudbejovi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: T135654A4171635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135654A4171635.en.
- ^ Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobiez of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Benthophilus mahmudbejovi". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ 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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