magistri, Benthophilus Iljin [B. S.] 1927:131, 137, Figs. ?, 5, 8, 9. [Trudy Azovsko-Černomorskoj Naučno-Promyslovoj Ékspedicii v. 2; ref. 5613] Sea of Azov at Krivaya Kosa Spit, Ukraine. Lectotype: ZISP 23138. Paralectotypes: ZISP 53667 [ex 23138] (1). Lectotype selected by Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:60 [ref. 29150]. •Valid as Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927 -- (Berg 1949:1112 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:129 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Vasil'eva 2000:764 [ref. 25083], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:235 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:218 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:58 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:560 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:150 [ref. 30517], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Manilo 2020:67 [ref. 37795], Kovačić et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:71 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: eastern part of Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.