The Baer pugolovka (''Benthophilus baeri'') is a
species of
goby widespread in the southern and central
Caspian Sea, to
Lenkoran
Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a dis ...
in south. Also near the
Chechen Island,
Tyuleniy Islands, and in
Bakhtemirovskaya Borozdina in north. This species occurs at depths of from . Males can reach a length of
TL while females only reach TL.
References
Benthophilus
Fish of Western Asia
Fish of the Caspian Sea
Fish described in 1877
Endemic fauna of the Caspian Sea
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