Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004

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, Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 151-193 : 170

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.1
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scientific name	Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004
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18. Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004 View in CoL , Ragimov’s Tadpole Goby

Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004: 132 , fig. 2; type locality: between Yasma and Kilyazi, Azerbaijan, depth 50 m; holotype: ZIN 53216, male, 67.8 mm SL, paratypes : ZIAZ 93 (8). 467 (6); ZIN 23126 (3), 53217 (1), 53218 (7), 53219 (4), plus additional non-type material .

Etymology: Named after D. B. Ragimov, an authority of Caspian Sea gobiid fishes.

Distribution and habitat: West coast of the Middle and South Caspian Sea from Chechen Island ( Russia) south to the Astara region ( Azerbaijan) ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ). No records from Iran, but based on geographic proximity to its recording site in Azerbaijan ( Astara), we predict its presence in the coastal waters of Gilan. Occurs at salinities 11.0–13.2 ‰. A deep water species (depths 30–200 m), spawning at 10–20 m ( Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007).

IUCN: LC ( Bogutskaya 2021).