Species of fish
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka (Benthophilus abdurahmanovi) is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek.[1] FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby (Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.[2]
The specific name honours Azerbaijani zoologist Yusif Abdurahmanov.[3]
References
- ^ 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.[1]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Benthophilus magistri". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Benthophilus abdurahmanovi at FishWise
