monstrosus, Benthophilus Kuznetsov [I. D.] 1888:208 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 19; ref. 18441] Berdyanskiy Liman, Sea of Azov, Ukraine. Holotype (unique): lost. •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444] as mapstresus, Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:63 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.