Benthophilus kessleri

Benthophilus kessleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Benthophilus
Species:	B. kessleri
Binomial name
	Benthophilus kessleri; L. S. Berg, 1927
	The range of the species
Synonyms
	Benthophilus grimmi kessleri L. S. Berg, 1927;

Benthophilus kessleri is a species of goby widespread along the eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea from the to and Türkmenbaşy at south.^[1] This species occurs at depths of from 65 to 75 metres (213 to 246 ft). It can reach a length of 4.6 centimetres (1.8 in) TL.^[2] The specific name honours the German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881).^[3]

References[]

^ Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophilus kessleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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[1] Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophilus kessleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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