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Freshwater sleeper

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Freshwater sleeper
Odontobutis obscura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Odontobutidae
Hoese & A. C. Gill, 1993
Genera[1]

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Freshwater sleepers are a small family, the Odontobutidae, of gobiiform ray-finned fishes native to freshwater rivers flowing into the South China Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The family consists of about 22 species in six genera.

Genera

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The following genera are currently recognised as being within the family Odontobutidae:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Odontobutidae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Odontobutidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2018.