Butis Bleeker [P.] 1856:412 Masc. Cheilodipterus butis Hamilton 1822. Type by absolute tautonymy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1856:215 [ref. 354], and if 1856:215 was first then type is Eleotris gymnopomus Bleeker by monotypy. Gender is masculine according to Gill & Hoese 2011:67 [ref. 31121] and Kottelat 2011:67 [ref. 31660]. •Valid as Butis Bleeker 1856 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 1985:274 [ref. 11441], Hoese 1986:807 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:390 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:180 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:288 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:438 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:153 [ref. 21090], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:823 [ref. 21590], Larson & Murdy 2001:3575 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:314 [ref. 31338], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28988], Pezold et al. 2007:475 [ref. 30082], Thacker 2011:81 [ref. 31726] in Butidae, Van Tassell 2011:170 [ref. 31732], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:195 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:317 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:181 [ref. 39971], Keith & Mennesson 2023:431 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis Bleeker 1856. Eleotridae: Butinae.