lencoranicus, Benthophilus magistri Ragimov [D. B.] 1982:53 [Zoologichesky Zhurnal v. 61 (no. 1); ref. 8985] Off Zelenyy Bugor, 38°10'N, southeastern Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, depth 42 meters. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: CBSIZA 546 (20). Additional material: ZIN 23131 and 41912 (9). •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927 -- (Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:235 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kesssler 1877 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:70 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:70 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2024:300 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler 1877. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.