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Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler 1877
Authors/Creators
- 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
13. Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877, Long-nosed Tadpole Goby
Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877: 56, fig. 12a; type locality: Azerbaijan: off Baku, depth 149.4 m; lectotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 10895 (damaged), paralectotypes: (2) whereabouts unknown.
Etymology: Greek, leptos = slender + Greek, rhynchos = beak, refers to the relatively long snout.
Distribution and habitat: Known only from the western coast of the Middle Caspian Sea and the very north of the South Caspian Sea, from off Sulak River mouth south to Baku (Fig. 11A). Not confirmed by specimens for Iran. Deepwater, reported at depths of 40–150 m at salinity 10–13.5 ‰ (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).
IUCN: LC (Bogutskaya 2020g).
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 page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7120060
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZIN
- Scientific name authorship
- Kessler
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Benthophilus
- Species
- leptorhynchus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Benthophilus leptorhynchus 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 g) Benthophilus leptorhynchus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2020, e. T 156757038 A 156757112. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2020 - 3. RLTS. T 156757038 A 156757112. en