Bostrychus

Bostrychus
	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.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:^[1]

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)

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bostrychus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bostrychus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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