Benthophilinae

Benthophilinae
The Monkey goby and the Bighead goby are representatives of Neogobiinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Benthophilinae Beling & Iljin, 1927
Genera
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Benthophilinae is a subfamily of gobies, which are endemic to the Ponto-Caspian region (including the Marmara, Black, Azov, Caspian, and Aral seas)^[1]. The representatives of the subfamily have fused pelvic fins and elongated dorsal and anal fins ^[2]. 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 ^[3].

Systematic of the subfamily^[4]

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

References

1. ^ Simonović P.D., Nikolić V.P., Skóra K.E. (1996) Vertebral number in Ponto-Caspian gobies: phylogenetic relevance. J. Fish Biol., 49: 1027–1029.
2. ^ Miller P.J. (1986) Gobiidae. In: Whitehead P.J.P., Bauchot M.-L., Hureau J.-C., Nielsen J., Tortonese E. (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Vol. 3. UNESCO, Paris.
3. ^ Pinchuk V.I. (1991) K voprosu o grupirovkakh vidov v predelakh roda Neogobius (Perciformes). Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 31: 380–393.
4. ^ Neilson M.E., Stepien C.A. (2009) Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1): 84-102.[1]

Links

• GLGL Neogobiin Research
• Systematics of the Neogobiin Gobies