Abdurahmanov's pugolovka (''Benthophilus abdurahmanovi'') is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...

and the lower reaches of the

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and

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.Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus ''Benthophilus'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-9

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treats this taxa as a

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of the Azov tadpole goby (''Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi''. The

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honours

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i zoologist Yusif Abdurahmanov.

References

External links

''Benthophilus abdurahmanovi'' at FishWise
Benthophilus Fish of Western Asia Fish of the Caspian Sea Fish of Russia Endemic fauna of the Caspian Sea Fish described in 1978 {{Gobiidae-stub