Benthophilus leptocephalus

Benthophilus leptocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Benthophilus
Species:	B. leptocephalus
Binomial name
	Benthophilus leptocephalus; Kessler, 1877
	The range of the species

Benthophilus leptocephalus is a deepwater species of goby widespread along the central Caspian Sea from the mouth of the Samur River to Türkmenbaşy and Hasan-Kuli.^[1] This species can reach a length of 5.4 centimetres (2.1 in) TL.^[2]

References[edit]

^ 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]
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophilus leptocephalus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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