Country · Africa
Mauritius
Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted, whether native or introduced.
- Species
- 2
- Families
- 2
- Genera
- 2
- Found only here
- 0
- Photographed
- 2 of 2
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Shares its fishes withspecies recorded in both

Butis butisCrazy Fish
Butidae · (Hamilton, 1822)
The crazy fish, Butis butis, is a flathead gudgeon of coastal and brackish waters across the Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Fiji. The most commonly traded member of the genus, it has many other names, including crocodile fish, duckbill sleeper and upside-down sleeper. A nocturnal ambush predator, it often swims upside-down, and it is territorial and not sociable with conspecifics, so is best kept singly.

Ctenopharyngodon idellaGrass Carp
Cyprinidae · (Valenciennes, 1844)
The grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, is a large cyprinid native to the Amur River system in eastern Russia and northeastern China. Adults typically reach 800 to 1200 mm, making it a wholly unsuitable aquarium subject, though an albino form is traded. Widely introduced for aquaculture and weed control, it has caused serious damage to natural waters, and unwanted fish should never be released.