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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyEleotridae
  5. ›genusButis
Butis amboinensis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Ambon Gudgeon

Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Also calledLochon Butis (fra) · Yaeyamanokogirihaze (jpn) · ปลาบู่จากผอม (tha) · ヤエヤマノコギリハゼ (jpn)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: India east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in lower reaches of rivers and streams including estuaries, 0 – 5 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on WAM material (WAM P. 28185 - 007, 1 specimen, Kavieng District).

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2386085.