Erotelis

Erotelis is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae native to the fresh, marine, and brackish coastal waters of the Americas.

Erotelis
Erotelis armiger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Erotelis
Poey, 1860
Type species
Erotelis valenciennesi
Poey, 1860
Synonyms

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Erotelis armiger (D. S. Jordan & J. A. Richardson, 1895) (flathead sleeper)
  • Erotelis clarki (Hildebrand, 1938)
  • Erotelis shropshirei (Hildebrand, 1938)
  • Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837) (emerald sleeper)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Erotelis in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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