Biology:Dormitator

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Dormitator
FMIB 38175 Dormitator maculatus (Bloch).jpeg
Dormitator maculatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Dormitator
T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Eleotris somnulentus
Girard, 1858[1]

Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae mostly found in marine, fresh and brackish waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, with one species occurring along the Pacific coast of the Americas.[2]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[3][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2698638 entry