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Butidae (Gudgeon gobies)
Etymology: Odonteleotris: Greek, odous = teeth + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malyasia, Indonesia, and questionable in Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55841)
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished from all other species of Butidae by the following set of characters: upper and lower jaws with enlarged canine teeth (5 and 12, respectively); canines are in the outermost tooth row in the upper and anterior lower jaw, while canines are placed in the inner tooth row in the posterior lower jaw; upper jaw ending below center of the eye; interorbital sensory pore D paired with wide interval; fourth infraocular transverse row of sensory papillae crossed with a longitudinal row on the cheek; longitudinal scales 103; transverse scales 32; predorsal scales 63; transverse scales at caudal peduncle 21; circumpeduncle scales 39; D VI-I,10; A I, 8; pectoral-fin rays 17; predorsal length 38.2% of SL; body depth at anal-fin origin 18.4% of SL; eye diameter 3.3% of SL. Colouration: unpaired fin rays variegated by small blackish spots; a red spot on the upper part of the caudal-fin base when fresh (Ref. 129074).
Cross section: oval.
Found in rivers and estuaries (Ref. 4833).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kobayashi, H., K. Nishigaki, T. Saeki and K. Maeda, 2023. First records of Paloa villadolidi from Japan with a redescription of Odonteleotris macrodon (Teleostei: Butidae). Species Diversity 28:165–175. (Ref. 129074)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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