tadpole goby

English

A Caspian tadpole goby, Benthophilus macrocephalus.

Alternative forms

• tadpole-goby

Etymology

tadpole +‎ goby

Noun

tadpole goby (plural tadpole gobies)

1. Any fish of the genus Benthophilus, distributed through the deeper regions of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov.

   Synonym: pugolovka

Derived terms

• Azov tadpole goby (Benthophilus magistri)
• Black Sea tadpole-goby (Benthophilus nudus)
• Caspian stellate tadpole-goby (Benthophilus leobergius)
• Caspian tadpole goby (Benthophilus macrocephalus)
• Don tadpole-goby (Benthophilus durrelli)
• small-spine tadpole-goby (Benthophilus mahmudbejovi)
• stellate tadpole-goby (Benthophilus stellatus)

 

Translations

Benthophilus species

• Azerbaijani: çömçəxulu
• Esperanto: bentofilo
• Russian: пу́головка (ru) f (púgolovka)
• Ukrainian: пу́головка f (púholovka), бичо́к-пу́головка (byčók-púholovka)

See also

• Tadpole goby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Benthophilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Benthophilus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons