WoRMS taxon details

Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822)

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219351  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219351)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cheilodipterus butis Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Pp i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.
page(s): 57, 367 [details]   
Description Inhabits sea and estuaries. Enters rivers (Ref. 6802). Feeds mainly on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 6028).  
Description Inhabits sea and estuaries. Enters rivers (Ref. 6802). Feeds mainly on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 6028). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219351 on 2023-05-31
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Cheilodipterus butis Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Pp i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.
page(s): 57, 367 [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Inhabits sea and estuaries. Enters rivers (Ref. 6802). Feeds mainly on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 6028). [details]
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English duckbill sleeper  [details]
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