Benthophiloides turcomanus

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Benthophiloides turcomanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Benthophiloides
Species:
B. turcomanus
Binomial name
Benthophiloides turcomanus
(Iljin, 1941)
Synonyms
  • Asra turcomanus Iljin, 1941

Benthophiloides turcomanus is a tiny species of gobiid fish native to the Caspian Sea. It is only known from two specimens collected from the waters of Turkmenistan at a depth of 27 metres (89 ft). The specimens, no longer than 3 centimetres (1.2 in) TL, have since been lost.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophiloides turcomanus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.