Broadhead sleeper
| Broadhead sleeper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Eleotris |
| Species: | E. melanosoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The broadhead sleeper (Eleotris melanosoma) is a species of sleeper goby native to marine, fresh, and brackish waters from coastal eastern Africa through southern Asia to the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]
References
- ↑ Larson, H. & Ng, H.H. 2012. Eleotris melanosoma. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 July 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Eleotris melanosoma" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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