Eleotris fusca

Dusky sleeper
Eleotris fusca
from Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Eleotridae
Genus:Eleotris
Species: E. fusca
Binomial name
Eleotris fusca
(J.R Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
  • Culius fuscus (Forster, 1801)
  • Culius niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Eleotris cavifrons Blyth, 1860
  • Eleotris fornasini Bianconi, 1855
  • Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer, 1893
  • Eleotris niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801

The dusky sleeper or brown spinecheek gudgeon (Eleotris fusca) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in many Indo-West Pacific regions, from the coast of eastern Africa to Hawaii, where it can be found in lagoons, estuaries, and freshwater streams with muddy bottoms. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in).[2]

References

  1. Ng H.H. & Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Eleotris fusca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T166077A58315096. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Eleotris fusca" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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