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Bostrychus

Bostrychus
Chinese black sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède 1801 by P. Bravo.jpg
Four-eyed Sleeper (B. sinensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Bostrychus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Bostrychus sinensis
Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
  • Boroda Herre, 1927
  • Bostrichthys A. M. C. Duméril, 1806
  • Bostrictis Rafinesque, 1815
  • Hanno Herre, 1946
  • Hannoichthys Herre, 1950
  • Ictiopogon Rafinesque, 1815
  • Psilus G. Fischer, 1813

Bostrychus is a genus of sleeper gobies mostly native to eastern Asia to Australia with one species being found along the Atlantic coast of Africa. While some of these species are restricted to freshwater, most can be found in marine, fresh and brackish waters.

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:


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