stellatus, Doliichthys Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:336 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3) v. 2 [1874]; ref. 3873] Don River at Voronezh [Woronesch], Russia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7341 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:21 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1025 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:175 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:219 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:130 [ref. 28099], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:63 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:563 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:150 [ref. 30517], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547], Manilo 2020:68 [ref. 37795], Kovačić et al. 2021:61 [ref. 38346], Kovačić et al. 2021:87 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Sea of Azov and Don River basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.