| Subfamily | Genus | species | Author | date | type locality | region | habitat | |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | africanus | (Steindachner) | 1879 | Sierra Leone | 2 | fw, br, ma | 1 |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | aruensis | Weber | 1911 | Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | microphthalmus | Hoese & Kottelat | 2005 | Sulawesi | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | sinensis | Lacepede | 1801 | China | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | strigogenys | Nichols | 1937 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Bostrychus | zonatus | Weber | 1907 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | fw, br | |
| Butinae | Butis | amboniensis | (Bleeker) | 1853 | Ambon Island, Indonesia | 4 | fw, br, ma | 2 |
| Butinae | Butis | butis | (Hamilton) | 1822 | Ganges River, India | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Butinae | Butis | gymnopomus | (Bleeker) | 1853 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 4 | fw, br | |
| Butinae | Butis | humeralis | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Bengal | 4 | br, ma | |
| Butinae | Butis | koilomatodon | (Bleeker) | 1849 | Java, Indonesia | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Butinae | Butis | prismatica | (Bleeker) | 1849 | Java, Indonesia | 4 | brackish | |
| Butinae | Incara | multisquamata | Rao | 1971 | India | 4 | brackish | 3 |
| Butinae | Kribia | kribensis | (Boulenger) | 1907 | Cameroon | 2 | freshwater | 4 |
| Butinae | Kribia | leonensis | (Boulenger) | 1916 | Sierra Leone | 2 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Kribia | nanus | (Boulenger) | 1901 | White Nile River, Sudan | 9 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Kribia | uellensis | (Boulenger) | 1913 | Dungu, Congo | 2 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Milyeringa | veritas | Whitley | 1945 | Western Australia | 4 | fr, br | 5 |
| Butinae | Odonteleotris | canina | (Bleeker) | 1849 | Java, Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | 6 |
| Butinae | Odonteleotris | macrodon | (Bleeker) | 1854 | Calcutta, India | 4 | fr, br | |
| Butinae | Odonteleotris | polylepis | (Herre) | 1927 | Iloilo, Panay, Philippines | 4 | ||
| Butinae | Ophiocara | macrolepidota | (Bloch) | 1792 | Indian Ocean | 4 | freshwater | 7 |
| Butinae | Ophiocara | porocephala | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Seychelles & PNG | 4 | fr, br, ma | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | altipinna | Allen & Renyaan | 1996 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | 8 |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | aruensis | (Weber) | 1911 | Aru Island, Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | caeca | Allen | 1996 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | fimbriata | (Weber) | 1907 | New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | herwerdenii | (Weber) | 1910 | Lorentz River, New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | heterodon | (Weber) | 1907 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | lineolata | (Steindachner) | 1867 | Queensland, Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | marmorata | (Bleeker) | 1852 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 4 | fr, br | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | mertoni | (Weber) | 1911 | Aru Island, Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | nullipora | Roberts | 1978 | Fly River, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | paucipora | Roberts | 1978 | Fly River, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | selheimi | (Macleay) | 1884 | Queensland, Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | siamensis | (Gunther) | 1861 | Thailand | 4 | marine | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | stagnicola | Allen, Hortle & Renyaan | 2000 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | urophthalmoides | (Bleeker) | 1853 | Borneo | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | urophthalmus | (Bleeker) | 1851 | Borneo | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Oxyeleotris | wisselensis | Allen & Boeseman | 1982 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Butinae | Parviparma | straminea | Herre | 1927 | Mindanao, Philippines | 4 | freshwater | 9 |
| Butinae | Pogoneleotris | heterolepis | (Gunther) | 1869 | Sarawak | 4 | br, ma | 10 |
| Butinae | Prionobutis | dasyrhynchus | (Gunther) | 1868 | Sarawak | 4 | freshwater | 11 |
| Butinae | Prionobutis | microps | (Weber) | 1907 | New Guinea | 4 | fr, br | |
| Butinae | Typhleotris | madagascariensis | Petit | 1933 | Onilahy River, sw Madagascar | 4 | fw cave | 12 |
| Butinae | Typhleotris | pauliani | Arnoult | 1959 | Onilahy River, sw Madagascar | 4 | fw cave | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | flavimarginata | Allen | 1983 | Bulolo and Wau, Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | 13 |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | hoesei | Allen | 1983 | Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | insularis | Allen | 1983 | Goodenough Island, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | landfordi | Allen | 1983 | rivers of southern Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | montana | Allen | 1983 | Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | nesolepis | Allen | 1983 | coastal rivers of northern Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | papua | Allen | 1983 | rivers of northern New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Allomogurnda | sampricei | Allen | 1983 | Yapen Island, Papua | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Belobranchus | belobranchus | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Sulawesi | 4 | fw, br | 14 |
| Eleotrinae | Bunaka | gyrinoides | (Bleeker) | 1853 | Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | 15 |
| Eleotrinae | Bunaka | pinguis | Herre | 1927 | Dumaguete | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Calumia | godeffroyi | (Gunther) | 1877 | Society Islands | 4,7 | marine | 16 |
| Eleotrinae | Calumia | profunda | Larson & Hoese | 1980 | Solomon Islands | 4 | marine | |
| Eleotrinae | Dormitator | cubanus | Ginsburg | 1953 | Cuba | 1 | freshwater | 17 |
| Eleotrinae | Dormitator | latifrons | (Richardson) | 1844 | eastern Pacific | 5 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Dormitator | lebretonis | (Steindachner) | 1870 | Senegal | 2 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Dormitator | lophocephalus | Hoedeman | 1951 | Suriname | 1 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Dormitator | maculatus | (Bloch) | 1792 | no type locality | 1 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | acanthopoma | (Bleeker) | 1853 | Sumatra | 4 | fw, br, ma | 18 |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | amblyopsis | (Cope) | 1871 | Suriname | 1 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | annobonensis | Blanc, Cadenat & Stauch | 1968 | Gulf of Guinea | 2 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | aquadulcis | Allen & Coates | 1990 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | fw | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | balia | Jordan & Seale | 1905 | Hong Kong | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | belizanus | Sauvage | 1880 | Belize | 1 | marine | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | daganensis | Steindachner | 1870 | Senegal | 2 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | fuscus | (Forster) | 1801 | Pacific Islands | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | lutea | Day | 1876 | Andaman Islands | 4 | br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | macrocephala | (Bleeker) | 1857 | Moluccas | 4 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | macrolepis | (Bleeker) | 1875 | Moluccas | 4 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | mauritianus | Bennett | 1832 | Mauritius | 4 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | melanosoma | Bleeker | 1852 | Sumatra | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | melanura | Bleeker | 1849 | Java | 4 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | oxycephala | Temminck & Schlegel | 1845 | Japan | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | pelligrini | Mauge | 1984 | Madagascar | 4 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | perniger | (Cope) | 1871 | St. Martin Island | 1 | marine | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | picta | Kner | 1863 | Panama (P) | 5 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | pisonis | (Gmelin) | 1789 | no types known | 1 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | pseudacanthopomus | Bleeker | 1853 | Sumatra | 4 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | sandwicensis | Vaillant & Sauvage | 1875 | Hawaiian Islands | 7 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | senegalensis | Steindachner | 1870 | Senegal | 2 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | soaresi | Playfair | 1867 | Mozambique | 4 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | tecta | Bussing | 1996 | Costa Rica (P) | 5 | fw, br | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | tohizonae | Steindachner | 1880 | Madagascar | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | tubularis | Heller & Snodgrass | 1903 | Cocos Is., eastern Pacific | 5 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | vittata | Dumeril | 1861 | Gabon | 2 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Eleotris | vomerodentata | Mauge | 1984 | Madagascar | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Erotelis | armiger | (Jordan & Richardson) | 1895 | Baja California | 5 | marine | 19 |
| Eleotrinae | Erotelis | smaragdus | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Havana, Cuba | 1 | br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Fagasa | tutuilae | Schultz | 1943 | American Samoa | 4, 7 | freshwater | 20 |
| Eleotrinae | Giuris | margaritacea | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Vanikolo | 4 | 21 | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | australis | (Krefft) | 1864 | Sydney, Australia | 4 | fr, br, ma | 22 |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | basalis | (Gray) | 1842 | New Zealand | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | breviceps | (Stokell) | 1939 | New Zealand | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | cotidianus | McDowall | 1975 | New Zealand | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | coxii | (Krefft) | 1864 | NSW, Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | gobioides | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | New Zealand | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | hubbsi | (Stokell) | 1959 | New Zealand | 4 | fr, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorphus | huttoni | (Ogilby) | 1894 | New Zealand | 4 | fr, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorus | dormitor | Lacepede | 1800 | no types known | 1 | fw, br | 23 |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorus | maculatus | (Gunther) | 1859 | Ecuador | 5 | fw, br, ma | |
| Eleotrinae | Gobiomorus | polylepis | Ginsburg | 1953 | Mexico (Pacific) | 5 | marine | |
| Eleotrinae | Grahamichthys | radiata | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | New Zealand | 4 | marine | 24 |
| Eleotrinae | Guavina | guavina | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | West Indies, Suriname, Cuba | 1 | fw, br, ma | 25 |
| Eleotrinae | Guavina | micropus | Ginsburg | 1953 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | |
| Eleotrinae | Hemieleotris | latifasciata | (Meek & Hildebrand) | 1912 | Pacific Panama | 5 | marine | 26 |
| Eleotrinae | Hemieleotris | levis | Eigenmann | 1918 | Pacific Colombia | 5 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | compressa | (Krefft) | 1864 | Darwin, NT, Australia | 4 | fw, br | 27 |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | cyprinoides | (Valenciennes) | 1837 | Reunion | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | ejuncida | Hoese & Allen | 1982 | Western Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | galli | (Ogilby) | 1898 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | guentheri | (Bleeker) | 1875 | Caroline Islands | 4,7 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | kimberleyensis | Hoese & Allen | 1982 | Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | klunzingeri | (Ogilby) | 1898 | South Australia | 10 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Hypseleotris | regalis | Hoese & Allen | 1982 | Western Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Kimberleyeleotris | hutchinsi | Hoese & Allen | 1987 | Western Australia | 4 | freshwater | 28 |
| Eleotrinae | Kimberleyeleotris | notata | Hoese & Allen | 1987 | Western Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Leptophilypnus | fluviatilis | Meek & Hildebrand | 1916 | Atlantic Panama | 1 | freshwater | 29 |
| Eleotrinae | Leptophilypnus | mindi | Meek & Hildebrand | 1916 | Atlantic Panama | 1 | brackish | |
| Eleotrinae | Leptophilypnus | panamensis | Meek & Hildebrand | 1916 | Pacific Panama | 5 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Microphilypnus | amazonicus | Myers | 1927 | Manaus, Brazil | 1 | freshwater | 30 |
| Eleotrinae | Microphilypnus | macrostoma | Myers | 1927 | Manaus, Brazil | 1 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Microphilypnus | ternetzi | Myers | 1927 | Venezuela and Brazil | 1 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | adspersa | (Castlenau) | 1878 | Queensland, Australia | 4 | freshwater | 31 |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | aiwasoensis | Allen & Renyaan | 1996 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | aurifodinae | Whitley | 1938 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | cingulata | Allen & Hoese | 1991 | Upper Fly River, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | clivicola | Allen & Jenkins | 1999 | South Australia | 10 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | furva | Allen & Hoese | 1986 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | kaifayama | Allen & Hoese | 1999 | Lake Kaifayama, Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | kutubuensis | Allen & Hoese | 1986 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | larapintae | Zietz | 1896 | central Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | lineata | Allen & Hoese | 1991 | Kokoda, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | maccuneae | Jenkins, Buston & Allen | 2000 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | magna | Allen & Runyaan | 1996 | Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | malsmithi | Allen & Jebb | 1993 | Purari River, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | mbuta | Allen & Jenkins | 1999 | Lake Mbuta, Irian Jaya | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | mogurnda | (Richardson) | 1844 | Northern Territory, Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | mosa | Jenkins, Buston & Allen | 2000 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | nesolepis | (Weber) | 1907 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | oligolepis | Allen & Jenkins | 1999 | Mogurnda Creek, Western Australia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | orientalis | Allen & Hoese | 1991 | Musa River, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | pardalis | Allen & Runyaan | 1996 | Irian Jaya, Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | pulchra | Horsthemke & Staeck | 1990 | Port Moresby, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | spilota | Allen & Hoese | 1986 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | thermophila | Allen & Jenkins | 1999 | South Australia | 10 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | variegata | Nichols | 1951 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | vitta | Allen & Hoese | 1986 | Lake Kutubu, PNG | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Mogurnda | wapoga | Allen, Jenkins & Renyaan | 1999 | Tiawiwa River, Indonesia | 4 | freshwater | |
| Eleotrinae | Ophieleotris | aporos | (Bleeker) | 1854 | Moluccas, Indonesia | 4 | fr, br, ma | 32 |
| Eleotrinae | Philypnodon | grandiceps | Krefft | 1864 | Hawkesbury River, Australia | 4 | freshwater | 33 |
| Eleotrinae | Philypnodon | nudiceps | (Castlenau) | 1872 | Victoria, Australia | 4 | ||
| Eleotrinae | Ratsirakia | legendrei | (Pellegrin) | 1919 | Madagascar | 4 | freshwater | 34 |
| Eleotrinae | Tateurndina | ocellicauda | Nichols | 1955 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | freshwater | 35 |
| Eleotrinae | Thalasseleotris | adela | Hoese & Larson | 1987 | South Australia | 10 | br, ma | 36 |