Updated 24 Feb. 2026
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Maipotera Endruweit 2024 Mai, in honor of Mai Dinh Yen, Vietnam National University of Hanoi, who described M. hotayensis in 1978; rýpos (ρύπος), soil or dirt, and téras (τέρας), a marvel or a monster, referring to “camouflage coloration well resembling the bottom layer in a pond, and its massive dentition”
Maipotera hotayensis (Mai 1978) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ho Tay, northern Vietnam, type locality
Microdous Li, He, Jiang, Liu & Li 2018 micro-, from mikrós (μικρός), smal; odoús (ὀδούς), tooth, referring to slender and tiny teeth on vomer
Microdous amblyrhynchos Hu, Lan & Li 2023 amblýs (ἀμβλύς), blunt; rhýnchos (ῥύγχος), snout, referring to its blunt snout, compared with pointed snout of M. chalmersi
Microdous ampliseriatus Endruweit 2024 amplius (L.), more or additional; seriatus (L.), in a row, referring to additional row of papillae in cephalic lateralis system
Microdous chalmersi (Nichols & Pope 1927) in honor of Chalmers Salsbury, son of Clarence G. Salsbury (1885–1980), Canadian-born physician and missionary in Hainan, China, honored in the same publication (Cyprinidae: Osteochilus salsburyi) for his interest and aid in Nichols’ work
Microdous hanlani Wang, Wei, He & Li 2024 in honor of Wu Han-Lin, Shanghai Ocean University (Shanghai, China), for his “significant” contributions to the study of the gobiiform fishes of China
Microdous namxamensis (Chen & Kottelat 2004) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nam Xam, a tributary of the Nam Ma, northeastern Laos, type locality
Microdous scharpfi Endruweit 2024 in honor of Christopher Scharpf (b. 1961), The ETYFish Project, “who helped in countless occasions with literature and etymologies”
Micropercops Fowler & Bean 1920 ṓps (ὦψ), eye or face (i.e., appearance), referring to superficial resemblance of M. dabryi to the diminutive North American percid Etheostoma microperca
Micropercops borealis Nichols 1930 Latin for northern, proposed as a northern subspecies of M. dabryi
Micropercops cinctus (Dabry de Thiersant 1872) Latin for belted or girdled, referring to dark crossbands on yellowish body
Micropercops dabryi Fowler & Bean 1920 in honor of Pierre Dabry de Thiersant (1826–1898), fish culturist, French counsel to China and student of Chinese fishes, who described M. cinctus in 1872
Micropercops swinhonis (Günther 1873) -is (L.), genitive singular of: Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877), British consul and naturalist at Shanghai, China, who collected holotype
Micropercops xanthi (Günther 1888) presumably from xanthós (ξανθός), yellow, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its “light” coloration
Neodontobutis Chen, Kottelat & Wu 2002 néos (νέος), new, i.e., a “new” Odontobutis, referring to similarities with that genus
Neodontobutis aurarmus (Vidthayanon 1995) auro-, from aurum (L.), gold; armus (L.), shoulder or upper arm, referring to distinctive golden-brown color of pectoral-fin base (homologous to the arm)
Neodontobutis hainanensis (Chen 1985) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hainan Island, China, type locality
Neodontobutis lani Zhou & Li 2022 in honor of Jiahu Lan, Aquatic Bureau of Du’an, who obtained type specimens at a local market in Longzhou Town, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Neodontobutis ngheanensis Nguyen & Nguyen 2011 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nghe An province, Vietnam, where type locality (Khe Khang stream, Pumat National Park) is situated
Neodontobutis tonkinensis (Mai 1978) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Tonkin, Vietnam, type locality
Odontobutis Bleeker 1874 odonto, Neo-Latin combining form of odoús (ὀδούς), tooth, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to outer row of teeth, which are slightly enlarged compared to Butis (Butidae), its presumed confamilial at the time
Odontobutis haifengensis Chen 1985 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Haifeng Xian, Guangdong Province, China, type locality
Odontobutis hikimius Iwata & Sakai 2002 Latinization of Hikimi, name the second author (in 1998) had given for one of five geographic groups of O. obscura, referring to Hikimi River, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, type locality
Odontobutis interruptus Iwata & Jeon 1985 Latin for interrupted, referring to pale crossbands on body interrupted by a pale longitudinal line on each side
Odontobutis obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) Latin for dark, referring to its “dirty brown” coloration, “irregularly clouded with blackish brown” (translations)
Odontobutis platycephala Iwata & Jeon 1985 flat-headed, from platýs (πλατύς), flat, and kephalḗ (κεφαλή), head, referring to its large, depressed head
Odontobutis potamophilus (Günther 1861) potamós (ποταμός), river; phílos (φίλος), fond of, referring to its fluviatile habitat
Odontobutis sinensis Wu, Chen & Chong 2002 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), where it is endemic
Odontobutis yaluensis Wu, Wu & Xie 1993 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yalu River drainage, China, type locality
Perccottus Dybowski 1877 a combination of Perca and Cottus, referring to its similarity to perches (Percidae) and sculpins (Cottidae)
Perccottus glenii Dybowski 1877 in honor of Col. Nikolay Alexandrovich Glen, whose efforts improved the well-being of the Ussuri River area (Ussuriland) of Russia, type locality
Sineleotris Herre 1940 Sino-, of Sinica (China), referring to Hong Kong distribution of S. saccharae; Eleotris, its presumed confamilial at the time
Sineleotris saccharae Herre 1940 saccharum (Neo-Latin), sugar, i.e., of sugar, in honor of Mr. B. E. Sugars, secretary of the Hong Kong Aquarium Society, who collected holotype
Terateleotris Shibukawa, Iwata & Viravong 2001 téras (τέρας), a marvel or a monster; Eleotris (Eleotridae, spinycheek sleepers), referring to its sleeper-like appearance, with “remarkable character arrangements” that make the interrelationships of basal gobioids “chaotic”
Terateleotris aspro (Kottelat 1998) referring to similar color pattern with Rhyacichthys aspro (Rhyacichthyidae) and the European percid Zingel asper