The short-snout pugolovka (''Benthophilus leptorhynchus'') is a deepwater

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 widespread in the central part of the

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 ...

at the depth of , with salinity 10–13.5‰. It is found along the western coast of the Caspian Sea from the

mouth In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...

of the Sulak River to

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

at south. This species can reach a length of TL.

References

Benthophilus Fish of the Caspian Sea Fish of Western Asia Endemic fauna of the Caspian Sea Fish described in 1877 {{Gobiidae-stub