Eleotris

Eleotris is a genus of fish in the family Eleotridae with a circumglobal distribution in tropical and subtropical regions.[2]

Eleotris
Eleotris oxycephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Type species
Gobius pisonis
J. F. Gmelin, 1789[1]

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:

  • Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker, 1853 (Spiny sleeper)
  • Eleotris amblyopsis (Cope, 1871) (Large-scaled spiny-cheek sleeper)
  • Eleotris andamensis Herre, 1939
  • Eleotris annobonensis Blanc, Cadenat & Stauch, 1968
  • Eleotris aquadulcis G. R. Allen & Coates, 1990 (Freshwater sleeper)
  • Eleotris balia D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905
  • Eleotris belizianus Sauvage, 1880
  • Eleotris bosetoi Mennesson, Keith, Ebner & Gerbeaux, 2016 [3]
  • Eleotris daganensis Steindachner, 1870
  • Eleotris fasciatus T. R. Chen, 1964
  • Eleotris feai Thys van den Audenaerde & Tortonese, 1974
  • Eleotris fusca (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Dusky sleeper)
  • Eleotris lutea F. Day, 1876 (Lutea sleeper)
  • Eleotris mauritiana E. T. Bennett, 1832 (Wide-head sleeper)
  • Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1853 (Broad-head sleeper)
  • Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
  • Eleotris pellegrini Maugé, 1984
  • Eleotris perniger (Cope, 1871) (Small-scaled spiny-cheek sleeper)
  • Eleotris picta Kner, 1863 (Spotted sleeper)
  • Eleotris pisonis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Spiny-cheek sleeper)
  • Eleotris sandwicensis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 (Sandwich Island sleeper)
  • Eleotris senegalensis Steindachner, 1870
  • Eleotris soaresi Playfair, 1867
  • Eleotris tecta W. A. Bussing, 1996
  • Eleotris tubularis Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
  • Eleotris vittata A. H. A. Duméril, 1861
  • Eleotris vomerodentata Maugé, 1984

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Eleotris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Eleotris in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  3. Mennesson, M.I., Keith, P., Ebner, B.C. & Gerbeaux, P. (2016): Eleotris bosetoi (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae), a New Species of Freshwater Fish from the Solomon Islands. Pacific Science, 70 (4): 495-507.


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