iljini, Knipowitschia Berg [L. S.] 1931:1271, Pl. 1; Figs. 1-2 [Izvestija Akademii Nauk Soiuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, VII Serija, Otdelenie Matematischeskikh i Estestvennykh Nauk, Moskwa, Leningrad = Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de 'Union des Républiques Soviétiques Socialistes, VII Série, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles 1931; ref. 16354] Middle part of Caspian Sea. Syntypes: (many) ZIN 22052 (65), 24370 (16), ?24424 (6+). •Valid as Knipowitschia iljini Berg 1931 -- (Berg 1949:1068 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Miller & Pinchuk in Miller 2004:375 [ref. 27853], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Zarei et al. 2022:172 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:318 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia iljini Berg 1931. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: brackish.