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 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

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

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Odontobutidae" in 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.


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