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Benthophilinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Subfamily

Suborder
  
Gobioidei

Higher classification
  
Goby

Order
  
Perciformes

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Lower classifications
  
Proterorhinus, Western tubenose

The Benthophilinae are a subfamily of gobies endemic to the Ponto-Caspian region (including the Marmara, Black, Azov, Caspian, and Aral Seas). The subfamily includes about 50 species. The representatives of the subfamily have fused pelvic fins and elongated dorsal and anal fins. They are distinguished from the closely related subfamily Gobiinae by the absence of a swimbladder in adults and location of the uppermost rays of the pectoral fins within the fin membrane.

The Catalog of Fishes still considers these fishes as belonging to the subfamily Gobiinae.

Systematics of the subfamily

  • Tribe Benthophilini
  • Anatirostrum
  • Benthophiloides
  • Benthophilus (type genus)
  • Caspiosoma
  • Tribe Neogobiini
  • Neogobius (type genus)
  • Tribe Ponticolini
  • Babka
  • Mesogobius
  • Ponticola (type genus)
  • Proterorhinus
  • References

    Benthophilinae Wikipedia