Benthophilus pinchuki explained

Benthophilus pinchuki, Pinchuk's pugolovka, is a species of gobiid fish found along the eastern and western coasts of the Caspian Sea, but absent on the middle part.^[1] This species has been recorded along the western coast from the Absheron to Iran, and along the eastern coast near the Cape Bely Bugor (Akdepe, Akpatlawuk), Turkmenistan.

It was described initially as a subspecies of Benthophilus ctenolepidus, but later considered an independent species.^{[2] [3]} The specific name honours the Russian ichthyologist Vitaly Iustinovich Pinchuk (1931–1992) of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1979 Pinchuk had collaborated with Ragimov in the description of Benthophilus svetovidovi.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobies 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. Eschmeyer W (2015) [{{cite web |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp |title=Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability | California Academy of Sciences |accessdate=2015-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503081145/http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp |archivedate=2015-05-03 }} [search 'pinchuki']] Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences
3. Bogutskaya N.G., Naseka A.M. 2006. List of Agnathans and Fishes of the Caspian Sea and Rivers of its Basin Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project under umbrella of Caspian Sea Environment Program
4. 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.