Bostrychus


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.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:Bostrychus africanus Bostrychus aruensis M. C. W. Weber, 1911 Bostrychus donghaiensis Zhang, Yang, Luo & Ding, 2024 Bostrychus expatria Bostrychus microphthalmus Hoese & Kottelat, 2005 Bostrychus scalaris Larson, 2008 Bostrychus sinensis Lacépède, 1801 Bostrychus strigogenys Nichols, 1937 Bostrychus zonatus M. C. W. Weber, 1907