Baer pugolovka

The Baer pugolovka (Benthophilus baeri) is a species of goby widespread in the southern and central Caspian Sea, to Lenkoran in south.[1] Also near the Chechen Island, Tyuleniy Islands, and in Bakhtemirovskaya Borozdina in north. This species occurs at depths of from 15 to 81 metres (49 to 266 ft). Males can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL while females only reach 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[2]

Baer pugolovka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Benthophilus
Species:
B. baeri
Binomial name
Benthophilus baeri
Kessler, 1877
The range of the Baer pugolovka

References

  1. Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophilus baeri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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