Abdurahmanov's pugolovka explained

Abdurahmanov's pugolovka (Benthophilus abdurahmanovi) is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek.[1] FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby (Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.

The specific name honours Azerbaijani zoologist Yusif Abdurahmanov.[2]

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Notes and References

  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.http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief18_1_04.pdf
  2. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c) . 17 August 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 29 May 2018.

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