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Species that contain: Butis and butis [ 19 ] records

amboinensis, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:343 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5117] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 4801. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7972 (1). Kottelat dates to 1854. •Valid as Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (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], Furuhashi et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40140]). Current status: Valid as Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. 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 1853) -- (Parenti 2021:20 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1853). 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] Botanical Garden of Calcutta, Ganges River estuary, India. No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:38 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 37 [ref. 37532]. •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]). Current status: Valid as Butis butis (Hamilton 1822). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Maurtiius) east to New Guinea and 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]). 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]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. 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]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). 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]). Current status: Valid as Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific watersheds: India, Indonesia, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Solomon Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

humeralis, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:246 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] 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]). Current status: Valid as Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to New Guinea, north to 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). 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]). Current status: Valid as Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to New Guinea, north to northern Vietnam and southern China, south to northern Australia; invasive in northeastern 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 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1853). 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: 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]). Current status: Synonym of Butis butis (Hamilton 1822). 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]). Current status: Synonym of Butis butis (Hamilton 1822). 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. •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]). 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 syntypes: in RMNH 4470. Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Parenti 2021:22 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Butis prismaticus (Bleeker 1849). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia. Habitat: 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]). Current status: Synonym of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker 1849). 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]). 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 1853) -- (Kottelat 2013:390 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:21 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Butis amboinensis (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

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]). 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]), Current status: Synonym of Butis humeralis (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.


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