Butis is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae found in fresh, brackish, and marine waters from the Indian Ocean coast of Africa through Southeast Asia to the Pacific islands and Australia.
Butis | |
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B. butis | |
B. koilomatodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Butidae |
Genus: | Butis Bleeker, 1856 |
Type species | |
Cheilodipterus butis F. Hamilton, 1822[1]
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Species edit
The recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- 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 edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Butis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Butis in FishBase. April 2013 version.