| Short-snout pugolovka | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Benthophilinae |
| Genus: | Benthophilus |
| Species: | B. leptorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877 |
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Short-snout pugolovka (Benthophilus leptorhynchus) is a deepwater fish of Gobiidae family. Widespread in the central part of the Caspian Sea at the depth of 40-150 m, with salinity 10-13.5‰[1]. Found along the western coast of the Caspian Sea from the mouth of the Sulak River to Baku at south.