Benthophilus kessleri Berg 1927

10. Benthophilus kessleri Berg, 1927 , Kessler’s Tadpole Goby Benthophilus grimmi var. kessleri Berg, 1927: 343; type locality: Caspian Sea, 41°51’N; 2°15’E of Baku, depth 75 m; lectotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 53670 [ex 24349], paralectotypes: (10) ZIN 24349 (now 6). Etymology: Named for K.F. Kessler, the nineteenth century investigator of Ponto-Caspian fishes. Distribution and habitat: Coastal waters of the eastern Middle Caspian Sea from Urdyuk Cape south to Kuuli Cape and Krasnovodsk, northeastern South Caspian Sea (Fig. 11B). Reported from 25–74 m depth and 11.5– 13.2 ‰ salinity (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007). IUCN: LC (Bogutskaya 2020e).
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 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7120060
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