Spiny pugolovka

Benthophilus spinosus

A spiny body hugging the brackish Caspian floor

Temperate
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Asia (unspecified)
Elongated
Small
Temperate fish

Spiny pugolovka is known around Former USSR and Asia as a brackish-water fish; It occurs in brackish waters, and the largest recorded length is 3.4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Benthophilus
Maximum length: 3.4 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Former USSR and Asia: central part of the Caspian Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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