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Tadpole Gobies
Benthophilus
The tadpole-gobies (Benthophilus), also called pugolovkas (which means "tadpole" in Ukrainian), are a genus of Ponto-Caspian fishes in the family Gobiidae.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species

Stellate Tadpole-Goby
speciesBenthophilus stellatus
Benthophilus ctenolepidus
speciesBenthophilus ctenolepidus

Azov tadpole goby
speciesBenthophilus magistri
Baer pugolovka
speciesBenthophilus baeri
Benthophilus casachicus
speciesBenthophilus casachicus
Benthophilus grimmi
speciesBenthophilus grimmi
Benthophilus kessleri
speciesBenthophilus kessleri
Benthophilus leptocephalus
speciesBenthophilus leptocephalus
Benthophilus ragimovi
speciesBenthophilus ragimovi
Benthophilus svetovidovi
speciesBenthophilus svetovidovi
Benthophilus persicus
speciesBenthophilus persicus
Benthophilus leptorhynchus
speciesBenthophilus leptorhynchus
Benthophilus nudus
speciesBenthophilus nudus
Benthophilus mahmudbejovi
speciesBenthophilus mahmudbejovi
Benthophilus macrocephalus
speciesBenthophilus macrocephalus
Benthophilus leobergius
speciesBenthophilus leobergius
Granular pugolovka
speciesBenthophilus granulosus
Benthophilus pinchuki
speciesBenthophilus pinchuki
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka
speciesBenthophilus abdurahmanovi
Benthophilus spinosus
speciesBenthophilus spinosus
Benthophilus durrelli
speciesBenthophilus durrelli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86954.