turcomanus, Asra Iljin [B. S.] 1941:385, 388, Figs. 1-4 [Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Otdeleniya Biologiya Nauk No. 3 (for 1941); ref. 2298] Caspian Sea, off Chikishlar [Chikishlyar], 37°45.5'N, 53°47'E. 9.3 meters; southwest of Ulsky Bank, 38°05'N, 52°34'E, depth 26.5 meters, Turkmenistan. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Asra turcomana Iljin 1941 -- (Berg 1949:1105 [ref. 20662] as turcomanus, Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Benthophiloides turcomanus (Iljin 1941) -- (Miller in Miller 2004:160 [ref. 27853], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:164 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophiloides turcomanus (Iljin 1941). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Southern Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran). Habitat: freshwater.