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Bostrychus

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Bostrychus is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae mostly native to eastern Asia to Australia with one species being found along the Atlantic coast of Africa. While some of these species are restricted to freshwater, most can be found in marine, fresh and brackish waters.

Species

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KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGobiiformes
  5. FamilyButidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

Bostrychus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van slaapgrondels (Eleotridae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
With media
2
Family
Eleotridae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWFC, UMMZ, USNM, NHMUK, AM
Recorded in
India, Philippines, Vietnam, Brazil, Brunei, The Philippines, Argentina, China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Butidae
Image
Bostrychus sinensis.jpg
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Commons category
Bostrychus
taxon name
Bostrychus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Bostrychus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
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Bostrychus is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae mostly native to eastern Asia to Australia with one species being found along the Atlantic coast of Africa. While some of these species are restricted to freshwater, most can be found in marine, fresh and brackish waters.

==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879) Bostrychus aruensis M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Island gudgeon) Bostrychus donghaiensis Zhang, Yang, Luo & Ding, 2024 (Donghai gudgeon) Bostrychus expatria (Herre, 1927) Bostrychus microphthalmus Hoese & Kottelat, 2005 Bostrychus scalaris Larson, 2008 (Ladder gudgeon) Bostrychus sinensis Lacépède, 1801 (Four-eyed sleeper) Bostrychus strigogenys Nichols, 1937 (Striped-cheek gudgeon) Bostrychus zonatus M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Barred gudgeon)

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