BUTINAE, Bleeker, 1874

Larson, Helen K., Jaafar, Zeehan & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2008, An Annotated Checklist Of The Gobioid Fishes Of Singapore, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 135-155 : 136-138

SUBFAMILY BUTINAE

Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède

Bostrychus sinensis Lacepède, 1801: 140–141 ( China) ; Bleeker, 1877: 16–17 ( Singapore); Fowler, 1938: 208 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 49 ( Singapore).

Philypnus ocellicauda – Bleeker, 1861: 32, 57 ( Singapore).

Bostrichthys sinensis – Herre & Myers, 1937: 38 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 286–287 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 96 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Serangoon.

Butis amboinensis (Bleeker)

Eleotris amboinensis Bleeker, 1853c: 343 (rivers of Amboina); Karoli, 1882: 167 ( Singapore, Selina).

Butis amboinensis – Fowler, 1938: 208 (Seletar); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore).

Remarks: No recent material of this species from Singapore is available.

Butis butis (Hamilton)

Cheilodipterus butis Hamilton, 1822: 57 , 367 (Ganges river, below Calcutta, India).

Eleotris butis – Martens, 1876: 392 ( Singapore); Karoli, 1882: 167 (Change).

Butis melanopterus – Bleeker, 1861: 32, 57 ( Singapore).

Butis butis – Bleeker, 1877: 62–64 ( Singapore); Fowler, 1932: 448 ( Singapore); Herre & Myers, 1937: 38 (Pulau Ubin); Fowler, 1938: 208 (Changi); Koumans 1953: 306-307 ( Singapore); Tham, 1973: 218 ( Singapore); Chua, 1973: 526 (Ponggol Estuary); Gomez, 1980: 96 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Lim & Low, 1998: 137 (Siglap canal); Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 136-137 ( Singapore); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 50 (Siglap canal).

Butis gymnopomus (non-Bleeker) – Johnson 1973b: 133 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Siglap Canal, Sungei Berih, Sungei Buloh,

Sungei Kangkar, Sungei Kranji, Sungei Seletar, Punggol, Sungei

Serangoon, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong,.

Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker) Eleotris gymnopomus Bleeker, 1853a: 274 (Sumatra occidentalis). Butis gymnopomus – Bleeker, 1859–60a,c: 216, 450 ( Singapore);

Bleeker, 1861: 57 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1877: 70–72

( Singapore); Fowler, 1938: 208 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953:

311312 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore). Remarks: No recent material from Singapore has been observed, although the species is known from nearby Pulau Bintan of the Riau Islands, Indonesia.

Butis humeralis (Valenciennes)

Eleotris humeralis Valenciennes, 1837: 246 (Bengal) .

Butis melanostigma – Gomez, 1980: 96 ( Singapore); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh).

Butis humeralis – Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 51 (Sungei Khatib Bongsu).

ZRC material from: Sungei Pandan, Sungei Tengeh, Pulau Buloh, Sungei Buloh, Sungei Sawa, Sungei Kangkar, Sungei Kranji, Sungei Mandai Kecil, Sungei Simpang, Khatib Bongsu, Sungei Seletar, Pulau Seletar, Punggol, Loyang mangroves, Sungei Changi.

Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker)

Eleotris koilomatodon Bleeker, 1849: 21 (Freto Madurae, prope Surabaya and Damal).

Eleotris caperata – Martens, 1876: 392 ( Singapore); Karoli 1882: 167 (Selita [= Seletar]).

Prionobutis koilomatodon – Bleeker, 1877: 73-75 ( Singapore); Herre & Myers, 1937: 38 (Pulau Ubin); Fowler, 1938: 210–211 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 313–314 ( Singapore); Chua, 1973: 526 (Ponggol Estuary); Gomez, 1980: 96 ( Singapore).

Butis koilomatodon – Bleeker, 1861: 32, 57 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Chua, 2002: 108 (Chek Jawa); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 52 (Raffles Marina).

ZRC material from: Terumbu Pandan, Lim Chu Kang, Sungei Buloh,

Johor Straits off Yishun, Sungei Simpang, Pulau Seletar, Punggol,

Pulau Ubin, Pulau Sekudu, Changi.

Odonteleotris canina (Bleeker)

Eleotris canina Bleeker, 1849: 20 (Freto Madura, prope Surabaya and Kamal, W. Madurae).

Odonteleotris canina – Koumans, 1953: 331 ( Singapore); Herre, 1940b: 49 ( Singapore).

Remarks: No recent material known from Singapore.

Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes) Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837: 237 ( Seychelles and New

Ireland). Eleotris ophiocephalus – Karoli, 1882: 167 ( Singapore). Eleotris porocephalus – Bleeker, 1859–60c: 450 ( Singapore);

Bleeker, 1861: 57 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1877: 57 ( Singapore). Ophiocara porocephalus – Bleeker, 1877: 30–32 ( Singapore). Eleotris ophicephalus – Bleeker, 1859–60a,c: 216, 450 ( Singapore);

Bleeker, 1861: 57 ( Singapore). Ophiocara ophiocephalus – Bleeker,1877: 28–30 ( Singapore);

Fowler, 1938: 210 ( Singapore). Ophiocara porocephala – Fowler, 1932: 448 (Pulo Ubin); Herre &

Myers, 1937: 38 (reefs at Singapore); Fowler, 1938: 209 (Pulau

Ubin); Tweedie, 1940: 74 (Kranji); Koumans, 1953: 343–345

( Singapore); Chua, 1973: 526 (Ponggol Estuary); Gomez, 1980:

96 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Lim &

Low, 1998: 138 (Sungei Buloh); Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 136–

137 ( Singapore); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson

& Lim, 2005: 53 ( Singapore). Ophiocara macrolepidotus – Fowler, 1938: 209 ( Singapore). ZRC material from: Siglap Canal, Sungei Kallang, West Coast Park, Sungei Pandan, Sungei Poyan, Pulau Buloh, Sungei Buloh, Kranji mangroves, Sungei Seletar, Sungei Punggol, Sungei Serangoon, Serangoon, Loyang mangroves, Pulau Ubin.