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Species that contain: Butis and butis [ 22 ] records

abdoui, Butis Keith [P.] & Mennesson [M. I.] 2023:454, Fig. 11 [Cybium v. 47 (no. 4); ref. 40541] Ouroveni, Comoros, Mayotte. Holotype: MNHN 2022-0219. Paratypes: MNHN, SMF. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Butis abdoui Keith & Mennesson 2023. Current status: Valid as Butis abdoui Keith & Mennesson 2023. Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar and Andaman Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

amboinensis, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1854:343 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5117] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Neotype: RMNH 85037 [ex RMNH 4801]. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7972 (1), RMNH 4801 (12). Neotype designated by Keith & Mennesson 2023:440 [ref. 40541]. •Valid as Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:552 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:93 [ref. 25561], Allen & Coates 1990:132 [ref. 15715], Allen 1991:153 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:302 [ref. 21400], Kottelat et al. 1993:133 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:246 [ref. 23210], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1149 [ref. 25182], Allen et al. 2000:138 [ref. 27467], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:106 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1149 [ref. 26193], Larson et al. 2008:136 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:149 [ref. 30265], Motomura et al. 2010:201 [ref. 31256], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:155 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Furuhashi et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40140], Keith & Mennesson 2023:431 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia through Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuata, Fiji and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

audebertae, Butis Keith [P.] & Mennesson [M. I.] 2023:456, Fig. 12 [Cybium v. 47 (no. 4); ref. 40541] Siam, Thailand. Holotype: MNHN 2022-0249 [ex A-5103]. Paratypes: BMNH, MNHN, NSMT, SMF. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Butis audebertae Keith & Mennesson 2023. Current status: Valid as Butis audebertae Keith & Mennesson 2023. Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-west Pacific: India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

buccata, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:145 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Fish markets at Calcutta, India. No types known. •Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603]). •Species inquirenda -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:458 [ref. 40541]). Nomen Dubium. Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

butis, Cheilodipterus Hamilton [F.] 1822:57, 367 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] India [Botanical Garden of Calcutta, Ganges River estuary, India]. Neotype: MNHN 2022-0233. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:38 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 37 [ref. 37532]. Neotype designated by Keith & Mennesson 2023:445 [ref. 40541]. •Valid as Butis butis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1978:65 [ref. 8886], Maugé 1986:390 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:808 [ref. 5670], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:269 [ref. 26639], Ataur Rahman 1989:289 [ref. 24860], Zheng 1989:338 [ref. 21202], Pethiyagoda 1991:238 [ref. 20075], Allen 1991:154 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:973 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:439 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:133 [ref. 23448], Larson & Hoese in McDowall 1996:207 [ref. 22909], Rainboth 1996:194 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:370 [ref. 23967], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Fricke 1999:494 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:253 [ref. 25480], Allen et al. 2000:139 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:318 [ref. 25930], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:174 [ref. 27510], Ataur Rahman 2003:315 [ref. 31338], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:136 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:150 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:256 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:187 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:107 [ref. 33161], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Prokofiev 2016:636 [ref. 35020], Pusey et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2018:317 [ref. 35805], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:252 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:278 [ref. 36495], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Keith et al. 2021:102 [ref. 38257], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:422 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:181 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Keith & Mennesson 2023:445 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis butis (Hamilton 1822). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh, Seychelles, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, north to northern Vietnam and southern China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caperatus, Eleotris Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1179 [197] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.575 (1, skin), 1860.3.19.583 (1, skin) On p. 197 of separate. •Synonym of Prionobutis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Miller & Wongrat 1990:954 [ref. 19381], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:107 [ref. 33161], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:182 [ref. 39971], Keith & Mennesson 2023:450 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

delagoensis, Eleotris Barnard [K. H.] 1927:70 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAM 15548. Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:811 [ref. 194]. •Synonym of Prionobutis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:810 [ref. 5670]). •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Miller & Wongrat 1990:954 [ref. 19381], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:182 [ref. 39971]). •Valid as Butis delagoensis (Barnard 1927) -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:451 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis delagoensis (Barnard 1927). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique, Madagascar to India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

diepiptera, Scorpaena Bianconi [G. G.] 1862:390 [=290], Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Specimina zoologica mosambicana; ref. 295] Mozambique. No types known. Name also appeared in Bianconi 1862:474 [ref. 26456] with figure. •Synonym of Butis butis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Larson 2022:182 [ref. 39971]). •Species inquirenda -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:458 [ref. 40541]). Nomen Dubium. Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gymnopomus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:274 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Western Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:562 [ref. 27969], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293] dated 1854, Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Larson et al. 2008:137 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Batuwita et al. 2016:252 [ref. 34819], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Keith & Mennesson 2023:447 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

huberti, Butis Keith [P.] & Mennesson [M. I.] 2023:457, Figs. 13 [Cybium v. 47 (no. 4); ref. 40541] Tra Vinh, Vietnam. Holotype: MNHN 2001-3146. Paratype: BMNH 1894.1.19.31 (1). •Valid as Butis huberti Keith & Mennesson 2023. Current status: Valid as Butis huberti Keith & Mennesson 2023. Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-west Pacific: Borneo and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

humeralis, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:246 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Bay of Bengal, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1563. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:13 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:253 [ref. 25480], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:137 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:188 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:195 [ref. 35490], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:423 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:181 [ref. 39971], Keith & Mennesson 2023:448 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Habitat: brackish, marine.

koilomatodon, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:21 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4818 (some of 11, ? holotype 80 mm, not found yet). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989] says a holotype. •Valid as Prionobutis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:810 [ref. 5670], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:267 [ref. 26639], Rainboth 1996:196 [ref. 22772]). •Valid as Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Miller & Wongrat 1990:954 [ref. 19381], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:824 [ref. 21590], Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:211 [ref. 28375], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Pezold et al. 2007:475 [ref. 30082], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:257 [ref. 30449], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:575 [ref. 31520], Larson et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:188 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:107 [ref. 33161], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:77 [ref. 34319], Miller in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2829 [ref. 34618], Guimarães et al. 2017:299 [ref. 36428], Motomura et al. 2017:196 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:317 [ref. 35805], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:252 [ref. 36460], Hossin et al. 2019:85 [ref. 37000], Psomadakis et al. 2020:546 [ref. 37272], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:221 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:421 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:182 [ref. 39971], Carvalho-Filho 2023:234 [ref. 40480], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Keith & Mennesson 2023:450 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Thailand, Indonesia, north to northern Vietnam and southern China, south to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. Invasive in western Atlantic from Panama south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

leucurus, Butis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:794, Fig. 13 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Negros, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 51953. Additional material: (several). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:123 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

longicauda, Eleotris De Vis [C. W.] 1884:691 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.98. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Butis butis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:453 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanopterus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:706 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, Ceram; Bulucomba and Kema, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) RMNH. •Valid as Eleotris melanopterus Bleeker 1853 -- (Randall & Goren 1993:26 [ref. 21131], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780]). •Synonym of Butis butis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). •Species inquirenda -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:458 [ref. 40541]). Nomen Dubium. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanostigma, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:23 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Possible types: RMNH 6202 (numerous specimens). •Valid as Butis melanostigma (Bleeker 1849) -- (Hoese 1986:808 [ref. 5670], Ataur Rahman 1989:288 [ref. 24860], Allen 1991:154 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:974 [ref. 20764], Ataur Rahman 2003:314 [ref. 31338], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321] misidentified). •Synonym of Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Sadovy & Cornish 2000:253 [ref. 25480], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Keith & Mennesson 2023:448 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

prismatica, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1849:23 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Possible syntype: RMNH 4470 (1). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Parenti 2021:22 [ref. 38603], Keith & Mennesson 2023:453 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Valid as Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-west Pacific: Sri Lanka, Indonesia to Vietnam and Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

raji, Hypseleotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:401 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 35 (no. 12); ref. 2141] Adyar River, Madras, southern India. Holotype (unique): SU 39863. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Thacker & Unmack 2005:2 [ref. 28186], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:22 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Butis delagoensis (Barnard 1927) -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:451 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis delagoensis (Barnard 1927). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

serrifrons, Prionobutis Rutter [C. L.] 1897:84 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 49; ref. 12329] Swatow, Shantou, coast of southeastern China. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 4995. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:146 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Miller & Wongrat 1990:954 [ref. 19381], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Keith & Mennesson 2023:450 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

squamifrons, Eleotris Perugia [A.] 1893:254 [4] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 13; ref. 14534] Engano Lake, Kifa-juc, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MSNG 12691. Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350]. On p. 4 of separate. •Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603], Keith & Mennesson 2023:440 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1854). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

wardi, Prionobutis (Themistocles) Whitley [G. P.] 1939:296, Fig. 1 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 11 (pt 3); ref. 4697] Near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, depth 12 fathoms. Holotype: AMS IA.7849. Paratypes: (9) AMS IA.7850 (1), IA.7852-53 (6), IA.7610 (1); QM I.6675 [ex AMS IA.7854] (1) Melville I. •Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:22 [ref. 38603], Keith & Mennesson 2023:450 [ref. 40541]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

wolffii, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1851:253 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH? [whereabouts unknown]. Appeared in Bleeker 1851:270 [ref. 325] without distinguishing features. •Synonym of Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). •Species inquirenda -- (Keith & Mennesson 2023:458 [ref. 40541]). Nomen Dubium. Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.


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