Eleotris fusca

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Dusky sleeper
Error creating thumbnail:
Eleotris fusca
from Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species:
E. fusca
Binomial name
Eleotris fusca
(Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[3]
  • Culius fuscus (Forster, 1801)
  • Culius niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Eleotris cavifrons Blyth, 1860
  • Eleotris fornasini Bianconi, 1858[2]
  • Eleotris klunzingerii Pfeffer, 1893
  • Eleotris niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801

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.

Description

[edit | edit source]

The size of this species varies between 18cm (7 in) to 26 cm (10 in) in length.[3][4] Its colour ranges from a greyish brown to a dark brown.

Brown spinecheek gudgeons feed on crustaceans, insects, and gastropods.

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).