Species that contain: Odontobutis and obscura [ 4 ] records

davidi, Eleotris Sauvage [H.-E.] & Dabry de Thiersant [P.] 1874:3 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 6) v. 1 (art. 5); ref. 15665] Ningpo, China. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6778 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:11 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Odontobutis obscura, subspecies potamophila (Günther 1861) -- (Bauchot et al. 1991:11 [ref. 19958]). •Synonym of Odontobutis potamophila (Günther 1861) -- (Iwata & Sakai 2002:104 [ref. 25892]). •Synonym of Odontobutis potamophilus (Günther 1861) -- (Kottelat 2013:388 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Odontobutis potamophilus (Günther 1861). Odontobutidae. Habitat: freshwater.

interrupta, Odontobutis obscura Iwata [A.] & Jeon [S.-R.] in Iwata, Jeon, Mizuno & Choi 1985:380, Figs. 1 (E-F), 5A [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 31 (no. 4); ref. 6724] Nagil River, of Gum River system, Kumchong-gi, Sayang-myon, Chongyang-gun, Chungchongnam-do, Korea, 36°25'N, 126°50'E. Holotype: EWNHM 80224 [ex SMU 108]. Paratypes: BMNH 1983.11.4.19-20 (2 lots); EUB (17 lots); HUMZ 101333 (1); MTUF (1 lot); NSMT 22392-94 (1, 1, 4); SMU (2) [1= SMU 109 now at EWNHM as 80225]; USNM 264890-91 (1, 3); YCM (3 lots); ZUMT 54346 (1), 54357-60 (4). Type catalog: Jeon 2001:90 [ref. 25360], Shibata et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31469] as interruta. Name misspelled twice in original description on p. 374 and p. 387. •Valid as Odontobutis interruptus Iwata & Jeon 1985 -- (Sakai et al. 1993:61 [ref. 22463], Kim 1997:426 [ref. 24032], Sakai et al. 1998:363 [ref. 23625], Chae 1999:12 [ref. 25430], Iwata & Sakai 2002:110 [ref. 25892], Kim & Park 2002:351 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:397, 655 [ref. 26218], Kim et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27747], Iwata 2011:71 [ref. 31725], Zhong et al. 2018:214 [ref. 36028], Hu et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40381]). Current status: Valid as Odontobutis interruptus Iwata & Jeon 1985. Odontobutidae. Distribution: East Asia: Korea. Habitat: freshwater.

obscura, Eleotris Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:149, Pl. 77 (figs. 1-3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Rivers emptying into Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 2040. Paralectotypes: RMNH 2039 (4), 28765 [ex RMNH 2040] (4). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:129 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Mogurnda obscura (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:649 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Odontobutis obscura (Temminck & Schlegel 1845), subspecies obscura -- (Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:557 [ref. 25598], Matsuura et al. 2000:218 [ref. 26000]). •Valid as Odontobutis obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) [often as obscura] -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Iwata et al. 1985:374 [ref. 6724], Zheng 1989:333 [ref. 21202], Sakai et al. 1993:61 [ref. 22463], Zhu 1995:175 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:363 [ref. 26385], Takahashi et al. 1997:47 [ref. 24971], Watanabe 1998:264 [ref. 23491], Sakai et al. 1998:363 [ref. 23625], Sato et al. 1998:41 [ref. 24972], Sakai et al. 1999:109 [ref. 24209], Mizuno et al. 1999:11 [ref. 25311], Chae 1999:12 [ref. 25430], Nakabo 2000:1148 [ref. 25182], Tang et al. 2001:15 [ref. 25373], Iwata & Sakai 2002:110 [ref. 25892], Kim & Park 2002:353 [ref. 25913], Wu et al. 2002:9 [ref. 26026], Nakabo 2002:1148 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:397, 655 [ref. 26218], Sakai et al. 2002:39 [ref. 26446], Iwata 2011:71 [ref. 31725], Zhong et al. 2018:214 [ref. 36028] as obscura, Hu et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40381], Saiki et al. 2023:69 [ref. 40766]). Current status: Valid as Odontobutis obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Odontobutidae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan and Korea. Habitat: freshwater.

potamophila, Eleotris Günther [A.] 1861:557 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Yang-tse-kiang, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.3.27.10 (1), 1861.11.7.4 (1). The specific name potamophila is treated as an adjective. •Synonym of Mogurnda obscura (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Okada 1961:649 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Odontobutis obscura (Temminck & Schlegel 1845), but a valid subspecies -- (Iwata et al. 1985:379 [ref. 6724], Bauchot et al. 1991:11 [ref. 19958]). •Valid as Odontobutis potamophilus (Günther 1861) [often seen as potamophila] -- (Chae 1999:12 [ref. 25430], Kottelat 2001:59 [ref. 25482], Iwata & Sakai 2002:110 [ref. 25892], Wu et al. 2002:9 [ref. 26026], Iwata 2011:71 [ref. 31725], Kottelat 2013:388 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:197 [ref. 34477], Zhong et al. 2018:214 [ref. 36028], Hu et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40381]). Current status: Valid as Odontobutis potamophilus (Günther 1861). Odontobutidae. Distribution: East Asia: middle and lower Yangtze River basin, Qiantangjiang and Minjiang River drainages (China). Habitat: freshwater.