235. Benthophilus leobergius Berg, 1949

Common name. Caspian stellate tadpole goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Benthophilus stellatus leobergius Berg, 1949: 1116, figs. 858-859 [Astrabadskiy Bay, Caspian Sea, Iran; Lectotype: ZISP 23128] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 167, fig. 12).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 452-Caspian Marine.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gavmahi-e vazaghi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.