Natural History Museum Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, HR51000 Rijeka, Croatia..
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran..
Zootaxa. 2021 May 31;4980(1):4563. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.3.
A new gobiid species, Benthophilus persicus sp. nov., is described from the southern Caspian Sea, Iran. The new species is diagnosed by the following character states: dermal fold on cheek well-developed, large, rectangular; chin barbel 1/32/3 of eye diameter; maximum body width 15.122.9% of standard length; mouth width, 36.355.8% of head length; second dorsal fin I+78; origin of anal fin in front of vertical through origin of second dorsal fin; dermal tubercles present on body, clearly larger than granules, with two posterior rows of spinules forming an acute angle, always less than right angle; dorsal row of tubercles complete, 2229; ventral row of tubercles 2225; ventrolateral row of tubercles absent; tubercles not present on temporal and occipital head regions; granules not present on flanks; transversal suborbital row 6i below posterior end of row b; anterior interorbital transversal row pa with one or two papillae and anterior interorbital transversal papilla row pp with two or three papillae; body with 2022 transversal ltm rows starting anteriorly behind pectoral axilla and alternating anteriorly with three longitudinal llm rows.
一种新的戈壁鱼属物种，Benthophilus persicus sp. nov.，被描述于伊朗里海的南部。该新物种通过以下特征状态来鉴别：脸颊上的皮褶发达，大而呈长方形；颏须 1/32/3 眼径；体宽最大为标准长的 15.122.9%；口宽为头长的 36.355.8%；第二背鳍 I+78；臀鳍起点在第二背鳍起点之前垂直线上；体上有皮刺，明显大于颗粒，两排后刺形成锐角，始终小于直角；背刺行完整，2229 枚；腹刺行 2225 枚；腹侧刺行缺失；头部的颞部和枕部没有刺；侧线鳞上没有颗粒；体侧没有颗粒；眶下横列 6i 在 b 列后端下方；眶间横列 pa 有一个或两个乳突，眶间横列乳突 pp 有两个或三个乳突；体上有 2022 个横列的 ltm 始于胸鳍腋部前方，与三条向前的纵列 llm 交替排列。
