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mud sleeper (Butis koilomatodon)
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Eleotridae

mud sleeper

Butis koilomatodon

Ten Point Seven Centimeters Eleotrid Fish

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • South America
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

mud sleeper is a fish of Indo-Pacific. The largest recorded length is 10.7 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Genus
Butis
Maximum length
10.7 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and Madagascar to China and Philippines (Ref. 6802 , 82489 ). Eastern Atlantic: collected from Port Harcourt (Niger delta in Nigeria) (Ref. 7391 , 57413 ), apparently introduced (Ref. 7050 ). Also found (introduced) in Guinea and Cameroon (Ref. 82489 ). Other introduced populations are known from Panama, Venezuela and Brazil (Ref. 82489 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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