Butis
| Butis | |
|---|---|
_by_M._L._Nievera.jpg) | |
| B. butis | |
_by_M._L._Nievera.jpg) | |
| B. koilomatodon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Butis Bleeker, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Cheilodipterus butis F. Hamilton, 1822 | |
Butis is a genus of sleeper gobies found in fresh, brackish, and marine waters from the Indian Ocean coast of Africa through Southeast Asia to the Pacific islands and Australia.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853)
- Butis butis (F. Hamilton, 1822) (crazy fish, duckbill sleeper)
- Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853)
- Butis humeralis (Valenciennes, 1837) (olive flathead-gudgeon)
- Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849) (mud sleeper)
- Butis melanostigma (Bleeker, 1849) (black-spotted gudgeon)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Butis in FishBase. April 2013 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 08, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.