svetovidovi, Benthophilus Pinchuk [V. I.] & Ragimov [D. B.] 1979:515, fig'd [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 58 (no. 4); ref. 8797] Caspian Sea, depth 86 meters. Holotype: ZIN 43672. Paratypes: ZIN 43673 (1, not on shelves in 1996). •Valid as Benthophilus svetovidovi Pinchuk & Ragimov 1979 -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:131 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:268 [ref. 27853], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:45 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus svetovidovi Pinchuk & Ragimov 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: brackish.