Benthophiloides turcomanus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Benthophiloides |
| Species: | B. turcomanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthophiloides turcomanus (Iljin, 1941)
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Benthophiloides turcomanus is a tiny species of gobiid fish native to the Caspian Sea. It is only known from two specimens collected from the waters of Turkmenistan at a depth of 27 metres (89 ft). The specimens, no longer than 3 centimetres (1.2 in) TL, have since been lost.[1][2]
References
- ^ Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Benthophiloides turcomanus". FishBase. April 2013 version.