Bostrychus

Not to be confused with Bostrichus.

Bostrychus is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae 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.

Bostrychus
Four-eyed Sleeper (B. sinensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Butidae
Genus:	Bostrychus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Bostrychus sinensis Lacépède, 1801[1]
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

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879)
• Bostrychus albooculata (Herre, 1927)
• Bostrychus aruensis M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Island gudgeon)
• Bostrychus expatria (Herre, 1927)
• Bostrychus microphthalmus Hoese & Kottelat, 2005
• Bostrychus scalaris Larson, 2008 (Ladder gudgeon)
• Bostrychus sinensis Lacépède, 1801 (Four-eyed sleeper)
• Bostrychus strigogenys Nichols, 1937 (Striped-cheek gudgeon)
• Bostrychus zonatus M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (Barred gudgeon)