The Azov tadpole goby (''Benthophilus magistri'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
goby native to the basin of the
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
, specifically in the near-estuary zone of the
Kuban River, to west until Ukrainian part of the
Taganrog Bay and the
Strait of Kerch, in the
Mius estuary,
Yeya
The Yeya () is a river in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It falls into the Yeya Firth of Taganrog Bay, Sea of Azov. It is long with a drainage basin of . It dries up in summer. The port town of Yeysk is located by the Yeya Firth at the neck of the Yeya ...
estuary, and
Akhtanizovskii Liman. This species is only found on silty
estuarine
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment ...
bottoms. It can reach a length of
TL.
References
Benthophilus
Fish of Europe
Fish of Russia
Fish described in 1927
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