Odontobutis Bleeker [P.] 1874:305 Masc. Eleotris obscura Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:85 [ref. 30320] provide information on the derivation of the family name Odontobutidae. Gender is feminine according to Gill & Hoese 2011:67 [ref. 31121], but it is masculine according to Kottelat 2011:67 [ref. 31660]. Once misspelled Odontobus by Kottelat 1998:118 [ref. 23436]. •Valid as Odontobutis Bleeker 1874 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Iwata et al. 1985 [ref. 6724], Birdsong et al. 1988:202 [ref. 7303], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:437 [ref. 23876], Vidthayanon 1995:240 [ref. 21885], Iwata & Sakai 2002:104 [ref. 25892], Chen et al. 2002:232 [ref. 26719], Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:85 [ref. 30320], Iwata 2011:70 [ref. 31725], Kottelat 2013:388 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:197 [ref. 34477], Li et al. 2018:9 [ref. 35731], Zhong et al. 2018:213 [ref. 36028], Hu et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40381]). Current status: Valid as Odontobutis Bleeker 1874. Odontobutidae.