Eleotris fusca

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]

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
(Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
  • Culius fuscus (Forster, 1801)
  • Culius niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Eleotris cavifrons Blyth, 1860
  • Eleotris fornasini Bianconi, 1858 [3]
  • Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer, 1893
  • Eleotris niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801

References
  1. Ng H.H. & Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Eleotris fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T166077A58315096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T166077A58315096.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Eleotris fusca" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Bianconi, J. Jos. (1858). "Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Fasciculus XI". Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (in Latin). 9: 435 at 441–443.


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