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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Benthophilus

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19 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Benthophilus baeri Baer pugolovka Asia 8 TL 1877
Benthophilus casachicus Eurasia 7.6 TL 1978
Benthophilus ctenolepidus Asia 1877
Benthophilus durrelli Don tadpole-goby Europe 6.6 SL 2004
Benthophilus granulosus Granular pugolovka Europe and Asia 5.6 TL 1877
Benthophilus grimmi Former USSR and Asia 9.5 TL 1877
Benthophilus kessleri Asia 4.6 TL 1927
Benthophilus leobergius Caspian stellate tadpole-goby Europe and Asia 14.3 TL 1949
Benthophilus leptocephalus Asia 5.4 TL 1877
Benthophilus leptorhynchus Short-snout pugolovka Asia 4 TL 1877
Benthophilus macrocephalus Caspian tadpole goby Europe and Asia 11.6 TL 1787
Benthophilus magistri Azov tadpole goby Europe 8.4 TL 1927
Benthophilus mahmudbejovi Small-spine tadpole-goby Eurasia 6.6 TL 1976
Benthophilus nudus Black Sea tadpole-goby Europe 15 TL 1898
Benthophilus persicus Eurasia 4.7 SL 2021
Benthophilus ragimovi Western Asia 2004
Benthophilus spinosus Spiny pugolovka Former USSR and Asia 3.4 TL 1877
Benthophilus stellatus Stellate tadpole-goby Europe 13.5 TL 1874
Benthophilus svetovidovi Asia 1979



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