Benthophilus kessleri is a species of goby widespread along the eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea from the Urdyuk Cape to Kuuli Cape and Türkmenbaşy at south.[1] This species occurs at depths of from 65 to 75 metres (213 to 246 ft). It can reach a length of 4.6 centimetres (1.8 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Benthophilus |
| Species: | B. kessleri
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| Benthophilus kessleri Berg, 1927
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References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Benthophilus kessleri.
- ^ Boldyrev V.S., Bogutskaya N.G. (2007) Revision of the tadpole-gobie of the genus Benthophilus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 18(1): 31-96.[1]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Benthophilus kessleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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