nudus, Benthophilus macrocephalus var. Berg [L. S.] 1898:334 [Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 2 (no. 8); ref. 19641] Dniester River at Bendery [Benderi], Moldova. Lectotype: ZMMU P-1431. Paralectotypes: ZMUU P-4206 (7), P-4222 (2). Lectotype selected by Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:67 [ref. 29150]. •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], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Benthophilus nudus Berg 1898 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:65 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:562 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Manilo 2020:67 [ref. 37795], Kovačić et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:71 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:428 [ref. 40625]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus nudus Berg 1898. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.