Butis
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| Butis | |
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| B. butis | |
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| B. koilomatodon | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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.
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Butis". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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