Eleotris fusca

Dusky sleeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species: E. fusca
Binomial name
Eleotris fusca
(J.R Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Culius fuscus (Forster, 1801)
  • Culius niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Eleotris cavifrons Blyth, 1860
  • Eleotris fornasinii Bianconi, 1855
  • Eleotris fuscus (Forster, 1801) (misspelling)
  • Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer, 1893
  • Eleotris niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Eleotris nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801

The dusky sleeper or brown spinecheek gudgeon (Eleotris fusca) is a species of sleeper goby found in many Indo-West Pacific regions, 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. ↑ Eleotris fusca. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Eleotris fusca" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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