Stellate tadpole-goby

Stellate tadpole-goby
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae
Genus:	Benthophilus
Species:	Stellate tadpole-goby
Binomial name
*Benthophilus stellatus* (Sauvage, 1874)
Synonyms
Doliichthys stellatus Sauvage, 1874 Benthophilus macrocephalus maeoticus Kuznetsov, 1888 Benthophilus macrocephalus nudus non Berg, 1898 Benthophilus macrocephalus ponticus non Berg, 1916 Benthophilus monstrosus Kuznetsov, 1888

Stellate tadpole-goby (Benthophilus stellatus) is a fish of Gobiidae family. Widespread in the basin of the Sea of Azov, ss. in the Gulf of Taganrog and limans of the eastern coast^[1]. Registered in the central part of the sea. In rivers Don up to Voronezh, Siversky Donets, lower rich of the Kuban River, in the Tsimlyansk Reservoir.

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]