Eleotris

Short description: Genus of fishes

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]

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

## 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 douniasi Keith, Mennesson, Dahruddin & Hubert, 2021[4]
* 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 macrolepis Bleeker, 1875[4]
* Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1853[4] (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, Hawaiian sleeper, oopu)
* Eleotris senegalensis Steindachner, 1870
* Eleotris soaresi Playfair, 1867
* Eleotris sumatraensis Mennesson, Keith, Sukmono, Risdawati & Hubert, 2021[4]
* Eleotris tecta W. A. Bussing, 1996
* Eleotris tubularis Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
* Eleotris vittata A. H. A. Duméril, 1861
* Eleotris vomerodentata Maugé, 1984
* Eleotris woworae Keith, Mennesson, Sauri & Hubert, 2021[4]

## References

1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Eleotris". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=428.
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.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Mennesson, M. I.; Keith, P.; Sukmono, T.; Risdawati, R.; Hubert, N. (2021). "Eleotris (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Indonesia with Description of Three New Species Within the '‘melanosoma’' Neuromast Pattern Group.". Pacific Science 75 (4): 469–495. doi:10.2984/75.4.2.

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