Metadata

Bostrychus microphthalmus

Hoese and Kottelat 2005

Bostrychus microphthalmus
Bostrychus microphthalmus. Photograph by Didier Rigal, used with permission and taken from Deharveng et al. (2021)
ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
GobiiformesGobioideiButidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

Indonesia

Types

Holotype: MZB 5942 67mm SL. Paratypes: AMS I.43460-001 46-71mm SL, CMK 7241 64-75mm SL, MNHN 2004-3089 41mm SL, MZB 5943 26mm SL.

Distribution

Type locality: Gua Tanette, part of the extensive Towakkalak System, Kapang, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Known also from: the Saripa System in the same area and possibly the same hydrological system (Deharveng et al. 2021).

Systematics

Miesen et al. (2016) record that the genus is poorly defined and poorly known.

Kuang et al. (2018) used molecular markers to study the internal structure of the Suborder Gobioidei which contains within it eleven Families. They demonstrated that Milyeringidae is sister Family to a group of four  Families: Oxudercidae+Gobiidae+Butidae+ Eleotridae and is only distantly related to four others: Odontobutidae, Rhyacichthyidae, Apogonidae and Kurtidae (samples from Thalasseleotridae and Trichonotidae were not availabe for analysis).

Conservation Status

[NE]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

Leclerc, P., Deharveng, L., Ng, P.K.L., Juberthie, C. and Decu, V. Book Section 2001 Indonesie
Hoese, D. and Kottelat, M. Journal Article 2005 Bostrychus microphthalmus, a new microphthalmic cavefish from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. and Hadiaty, R.K. Journal Article 2009 A blind, new species of Diancistrus (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from three caves on Muna Island, southeast of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Hadiaty, R.K. Book Section 2012 Bab 5 Ikan
Brancelj, A., Boonyanusith, C., Watiroyram, S. and Sanoamuang, L. Journal Article 2013 The groundwater-dwelling fauna of Southeast Asia
Miesen, F.W., Droppelmann, F., Hüllen, S., Hadiaty, R.K. and Herder, F. Journal Article 2016 An annotated checklist of the inland fishes of Sulawesi
Kuang, T., Tornabene, L., Lia, J., Jiang, J., Chakrabarty, P., Sparks, J.S., Naylor, G.J.P. and Lia, C. Journal Article 2018 Phylogenomic analysis on the exceptionally diverse fish clade Gobioidei (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes) and data-filtering based on molecular clocklikeness
Wu, H., Wang, H. and Ding, S. Journal Article 2021 Reproductive biology and annual reproductive cycles of two sympatric lineages of Bostrychus sinensis with a natural habitat on southeastern coast of China
Deharveng, L., Rahmadi, C., Suhardjono, Y.R. and Bedos, A. Journal Article 2021 The Towakkalak System, a hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Kobayashi, H. Thesis 2023 Evolution of cavernicolous species in amphidromous gobies