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Butis

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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

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyEleotridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded2,620

Vissen Butis is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van slaapgrondels (Eleotridae).[1] Het geslacht is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven in 1856 door Bleeker. Soorten Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853) Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822) Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853) Butis humeralis (Valenciennes, 1837) Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849) Butis melanostigma (Bleeker, 1849) Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ (en) Butis. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2011 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2011.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
149
With media
5
Family
Eleotridae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Australia, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Kenya, Mayotte

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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== The recognized species in this genus are: 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)

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