See text The Benthophilinae are a subfamily of gobies endemic to the Ponto-Caspian region (including the Marmara, Black, Azov, Caspian, and Aral Seas).

[1] The subfamily includes about 50 species.

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.

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