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.

Bostrychus
Four-eyed Sleeper (B. sinensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Butidae
Genus: Bostrychus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Bostrychus sinensis
Lacépède, 1801[1]
Synonyms
  • Boroda Herre, 1927
  • Bostrichthys A. M. C. Duméril, 1806
  • Bostrictis Rafinesque, 1815
  • Hanno Herre, 1946
  • Hannoichthys Herre, 1950
  • Ictiopogon Rafinesque, 1815
  • Psilus G. Fischer, 1813

Species

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There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bosytrychus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bostrychus". FishBase. April 2013 version.