Published September 28, 2022 | Version v1
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Benthophilus grimmi Kessler 1877

  • 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. & fataahzarei @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5552 - 4301
  • 2. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. & hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X
  • 3. Inland Waters Aquaculture Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Bandar Anzali, Iran.
  • 4. Natural History Museum Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, HR- 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
  • 5. SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Department of Ichthyology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany. schliewen @ snsb. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0187 - 4319
  • 6. National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C, USA. StepienCA @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5544 - 4333

Description

9. Benthophilus grimmi Kessler, 1877, Grimm’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus grimmi Kessler, 1877: 59, pl. V, fig. 13; type locality: South Caspian Sea, south of Baku, Azerbaijan; lectotype: BMNH 1897.7. 5.15, paralectotypes: (7)? NMW 76987 (1), SPU 394 [465/412] (1), ZIN 10893 (1).

Etymology: The specific name honors O. von Grimm, the Russian ichthyologist.

Distribution and habitat: Western part of the Middle Caspian Sea and the northwest South Caspian Sea from Chechen Island (Russia) to south of Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan (Fig. 11A). Eurybathic, found over a considerable depth range, from 2–227 m under pleio-mesohaline conditions. It reportedly does not enter rivers (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). No confirmed records from Iran.

IUCN: DD (Bogutskaya 2020d).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 151-193 in Zootaxa 5190 (2) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7120060

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , NMW , SPU , ZIN
Material sample ID
BMNH 1897.7 , SPU 394
Scientific name authorship
Kessler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Benthophilus
Species
grimmi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Benthophilus grimmi Kessler, 1877 sec. Zarei, Esmaeili, Abbasi, Kovačić, Schliewen & Stepien, 2022

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Bogutskaya, N. (2020 d) Benthophilus grimmi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2020, e. T 156756575 A 156756602. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2020 - 3. RLTS. T 156756575 A 156756602. en