Benthophilus pinchuki

Benthophilus pinchuki
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Benthophilus
Species:	B. pinchuki
Binomial name
	Benthophilus pinchuki; Ragimov, 1982
	The range of the Pinchuk's pugolovka
Synonyms
	Benthophilus ctenolepidus pinchuki Ragimov, 1982;

Benthophilus pinchuki, Pinchuk's pugolovka, is a species of gobiid fish found along the eastern and western coasts of the Caspian Sea, but absent on the middle part.^[1] This species has been recorded along the western coast from the Absheron to Iran, and along the eastern coast near the Cape Bely Bugor (Akdepe, Akpatlawuk), Turkmenistan.

It was described initially as a subspecies of Benthophilus ctenolepidus, but later considered an independent species.^[2]^[3] The specific name honours the Russian ichthyologist Vitaly Iustinovich Pinchuk (1931–1992) of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1979 Pinchuk had collaborated with Ragimov in the description of Benthophilus svetovidovi.^[4]

References

^ Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]
^ Eschmeyer W (2015) ["Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability | California Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-01-15. [search 'pinchuki']] Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences
^ Bogutskaya N.G., Naseka A.M. 2006. List of Agnathans and Fishes of the Caspian Sea and Rivers of its Basin Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project under umbrella of Caspian Sea Environment Program
^ 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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[1] Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobies of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]

[2] Eschmeyer W (2015) ["Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability | California Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-01-15. [search 'pinchuki']] Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences

[3] Bogutskaya N.G., Naseka A.M. 2006. List of Agnathans and Fishes of the Caspian Sea and Rivers of its Basin Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project under umbrella of Caspian Sea Environment Program

[ETYFish-4] 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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