Genus Bostrychus Lacépède, 1801

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Bostrychus Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [140] [previously considered preoccupied by Bostrichus in insects, which is spelled differently].

  Type species:

   Bostrychus sinensis Lacépède, 1801 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1874. Esquisse d'un système naturel des gobioïdes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 9: 289-331 [301] (type species designated as Bostrichthys sinensis, Bostrichthys is an unnecessary nom. nov. for Bostrychus).
• Bostrichthys Duméril, A.M.C. 1805. Zoologie Analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Paris : Librairie Allais 344 pp. [120, 332] [replacement name].
• Psilus Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1813. Zoognosia Tabulis Synopticis illustrata in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico — Chirurgicae Mosquenis Edita. 3rd edn Vol. 1 465 pp. pls 1–8 (fishes pp. 66–117). [74, 111] [replacement name].
• Ictiopogon Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Palermo (Italy) : Privately Published 224 pp. [Date published April to July] [91] [replacement name].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Hoese, D.F. & Kottelat, M. 2005. Bostrychus microphthalmus, a new microphthalmic cavefish from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 16(2): 183-191

Larson, H.K. 2008. A new species of the gudgeon Bostrychus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae), from penisular Malaysia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 147-150

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ELEOTRIDAE	02-Sep-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	10-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED