Species that contain: Benthophilus and stellatus [ 8 ] records

casachicus, Benthophilus stellatus Ragimov [D. B.] 1978:725 [705], Fig. [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 18 (no. 5); ref. 8998] Kenderli Spit, eastern shore of the middle Caspian Sea, depth 36 meters. Holotype: ZISP 53661. Paratypes: (3) Caspian Biol. Station IZA 204 (2) whereabouts unknown. Description on p. 705 of English translation. •Mention -- (Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov 1978 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva & Miller in Miller 2004:182 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:69 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

durrelli, Benthophilus Boldyrev [V. S.] & Bogutskaya [N. G.] 2004:130, Fig. 1 [Zoosystematica Rossica v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 28099] Tsimlyansk Reservoir, Lower Don River, Russia. Holotype: ZISP [= ZIN 53211]. Paratypes: ZIN 9972 (7), 10167 (7), 44445 (5), 44449 (1), 53212 (4), 53213 (4), 53214 (23), 53215 (25). •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Benthophilus durrelli Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004 -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:216 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:53 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:557 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Kovačić et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:70 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus durrelli Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Sea of Azov and Don River basin; introduced into the Volga River. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

leobergius, Benthophilus stellatus Berg [L. S.] 1949:1116, Figs. 858-859 [Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries No. 30; ref. 20662] Astrabadskiy Bay, Caspian Sea, Iran. Lectotype: ZISP 23128. Syntypes: ZISP 10891 (1). Appeared first as name only in Iljin 1949:28 [ref. 18323] -- not available, no distinguishing features provided. The original spelling was leobergius, and that spelling probalbly should be maintained [Art. 31]. Lectotype selected by Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:62 [ref. 29150] but they selected a 48-mm male on p. 60 and an 85-mm male on p. 63 and Fig. 28a -- I [WNE] regard the 83-mm male as lectotype. •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:131 [ref. 23591]). •Mention, with name emended to leobergi and dated to Ragimov [Rahimov] 1978:707 [ref. 8998] -- (Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178] as leobergi). •Valid as Benthophilus leobergi Berg 1949 -- (Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:206 [ref. 27853]). •Valid as Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949 -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:217 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:60 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:559 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Parin et al. 2015:479 [ref. 33547] with question, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:61 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:227 [ref. 37983], Zarei et al. 2021:[7] [ref. 38262], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:70 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:167 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:301 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin and Volga River Delta. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

maeotica, Benthophilus macrocephalus var. Kuznetsov [I. D.] 1888:207 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 19; ref. 18441] Arrabatskaya Strelka, Sea Of Azov, Ukraine. Lectotype: ZISP 10890. Paralectotypes: (3 + 2) None found. Lectotype selected by Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:65 [ref. 29150]. •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:175 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:219 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:63 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

monstrosus, Benthophilus Kuznetsov [I. D.] 1888:208 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 19; ref. 18441] Berdyanskiy Liman, Sea of Azov, Ukraine. Holotype (unique): lost. •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444] as mapstresus, Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:63 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

nudus, Benthophilus macrocephalus var. Berg [L. S.] 1898:334 [Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 2 (no. 8); ref. 19641] Dniester River at Bendery [Benderi], Moldova. Lectotype: ZMMU P-1431. Paralectotypes: ZMUU P-4206 (7), P-4222 (2). Lectotype selected by Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:67 [ref. 29150]. •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:130 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Benthophilus nudus Berg 1898 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:65 [ref. 29150], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:562 [ref. 29996], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30497], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Manilo 2020:67 [ref. 37795], Kovačić et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:71 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:428 [ref. 40625]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus nudus Berg 1898. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ponticus, Benthophilus macrocephalus Berg [L. S.] 1916:427 [Les Poissons des eaux douces de la Russie; ref. 277] Northwestern Black Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Benthophilus nudus Berg 1898 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:65 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487]). •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1114 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Vasil'eva 1998:131 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:257 [ref. 27853], Parin et al. 2015:478 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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.