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.
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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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Species
editThe 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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