Freshwater sleeper

Freshwater sleeper
Odontobutis obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Odontobutidae
Hoese & A. C. Gill, 1993
Genera[1]

Freshwater sleepers are a small family (Odontobutidae) (about 22 species) of perciform fishes native to freshwater rivers flowing into the South China Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Odontobutidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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