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Bostrychus
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Bostrychus

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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Chinese Gudgeon

speciesBostrychus sinensis

Ladder gudgeon

speciesBostrychus scalaris

Sunset Gudgeon

speciesBostrychus zonatus

Bostrychus donghaiensis

speciesBostrychus donghaiensis

Bostrychus expatria

speciesBostrychus expatria

Bostrychus africanus

speciesBostrychus africanus

Bostrychus microphthalmus

speciesBostrychus microphthalmus

Bostrychus strigogenys

speciesBostrychus strigogenys

Island Gudgeon

speciesBostrychus aruensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87028.