Benthophilus (subgenus of Gobius) Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:77 Masc. Gobius macrocephalus Pallas 1787. Type by monotypy. Appeared as subgenus of Gobius Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:102 [ref. 34622], and in Eichwald 1838:139 [ref. 18063] as Bentophilus. •Valid as Benthophilus Eichwald 1831 -- (Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1025 [ref. 13677], Gomon et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22532], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Ahnelt 2003:213 [ref. 26912], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:164 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:129 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:31 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:555 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497] in Benthophilinae, Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Kovačić et al. 2021:45 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus Eichwald 1831. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.