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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Eleotris picta © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Eleotris picta © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Eleotris picta © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Eleotris see all kinds   •  4 thumbnails  •  slide show Kinds Eleotris acanthopoma, Spine-cheek Gudgeon Eleotris amblyopsis, Large-scaled Spinycheek Sleeper Eleotris andamensis Eleotris annobonensis Eleotris aquadulcis, Freshwater Gudgeon Eleotris balia Eleotris brachyurus Eleotris daganensis Eleotris fasciatus Eleotris feai Eleotris fusca, Brown Spine-cheek Gudgeon Eleotris lutea, Lutea Sleeper Eleotris macrocephala Eleotris macrolepis Eleotris margaritacea Eleotris mauritianus, Widehead Sleeper Eleotris melanosoma, Black Spine-cheek Gudgeon Eleotris melanura Eleotris oxycephala Eleotris pellegrini Eleotris perniger, Smallscaled Spinycheek Sleeper Eleotris picta, Spotted Sleeper Eleotris pisonis, Spinycheek Sleeper Eleotris pseudacanthopomus Eleotris sandwicensis, Sandwich Island Sleeper Eleotris senegalensis Eleotris soaresi Eleotris tecta Eleotris tubularis Eleotris vittata Eleotris vomerodentata español Overview Main identification features head wide depressed; snout short large, oblique mouth gill opening to under preopercle angle of preopercle - concealed hooked spine ELEOTRIS SLEEPERS Head broad, depressed; snout short; mouth large, oblique; gill opening extends to below preopercle; a strong, forward-pointing spine embedded in the skin at the lower rear corner of the preopercle; dorsal fin VI + I, 7-8; top of head, cheeks and opercle scaled; tiny scales between eyes; lateral scales 41-76. This circumtropical genus of fishes occurs primarily in freshwater and is found on tropical and subtropical coasts of all three oceans. It includes about 20 species. There are three species in the tropical eastern Pacific. Adults of all are restricted to freshwater, but the juveniles of one are frequently found in intertidal areas of low salinity near the mouths of rivers. References Balart , E. F. , Castro-Aguirre , J. L. , Aurioles-Gamboa , D. , García-Rodriguez , F. and Villavicencio-Garayzar, C., 1995., Adiciones a la ictiofauna de Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur, México., Hidrobiologica, 5:79-85. Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214. Brock, V.E., 1943., Distributional notes on the fishes of Lower California and the West Coast of Mexico II., Copeia, 1943(2):130-131. Bussing, W.A., 1996., A new species of eleotridid, Eleotris tecta, from pacific slope streams of tropical America (Pisces: Eleotrididae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:251-257. Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142. Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Dorda, J. and Perdices, A., 1997., Ictiofauna continental de la Isla de Coiba (Panamá). En Castroviejo, S. y Velayos M. (Eds): Flora y fauna del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Panamá). Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional., Serviprint:155-175. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136. Jordan , D.S. and Gilbert, C.H., 1882., Description of five new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 4:458-463. Jordan, D.S., 1895., The fishes of Sinaloa., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2), 5:377-514. Kner,., 1863., Eine Uebersicht der ichthyologischen Ausbeute des Herrn Professors Dr. Mor. Wagner in Central-Amerika., Sitzungsber. Koningl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen, 2:220-230. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Minckley, W.L., 2002., Fishes of the lowermost colorado river, its delta, and estuary: a commentary on biotic change. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:63-78. Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181. Ricker, K.E., 1959., Mexican shore and pelagic fishes collected from Acapulco to Cape San Lucas during the 1957 cruise of the "Marijean"., Univ. Brit. Columbia Inst. Fish., Mus. Contrib., 3:18pp. Rubio , R. E. A. and Estupiñan, F., 1990., Ictiofauna del Parque Nacional Natural Sanquianga, un Analisis de su Estructura y Perspectivas para su Manejo., Memorias del VII Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias y Tecnologías del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :660-670. Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183. Starks, E. C., 1906., On a Collection of fishes made by P. O. Simons in Ecuador and Peru., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 30:761-800. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-19 19:43:19 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation