Odontobutis is a genus of freshwater sleepers native to East Asia and Vietnam.[2] Species in this genus are generally ambush predators with stout bodies, large heads and a wide, rounded pectoral fins. They can be found in small ponds, lakes and river habitats, often in fresh water of brackish water.[3] This genus evolved during the early Miocene epoch during the Neogene period.[4]
Odontobutis | |
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O. obscura | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Odontobutidae |
Genus: | Odontobutis Bleeker, 1874 |
Type species | |
Eleotris obscura Temminck & Schlegel, 1845[1] |
The following species are recognized in this genus:[2]
- Odontobutis haifengensis W. Chen, 1985
- Odontobutis hikimius Iwata & H. Sakai, 2002
- Odontobutis interrupta Iwata & S. R. Jeon, 1985
- Odontobutis obscura (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (dark sleeper)
- Odontobutis platycephala Iwata & S. R. Jeon, 1985
- Odontobutis potamophila (Günther, 1861)
- Odontobutis sinensis H. L. Wu, I. S. Chen & D. H. Chong, 2002
- Odontobutis yaluensis H. L. Wu, X. Q. Wu & Y. H. Xie, 1993
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