baeri, Benthophilus Kessler [K. F.] 1877:52, Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Mangyshlak Penninsula, Kazakhstan; southern Caspian Sea, depth 49-266 feet [7-38 Russian fathoms]. Lectotype: ZISP 2239. Paralectotypes: (11) BMNH 1897.7.5.16 [ex St. Petersberg Univ.] (1), SPU 395 [463/410] (1), ZIN 53665 [ex 2239] (4). Lectotype selected y Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:82 [ref. 29150]. •Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877 -- (Berg 1949:1118 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Vasil'eva 2000:764 [ref. 25083], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:175 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:81 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37983], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:300 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: southern Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.