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Related Articles: Gobioids,
Freshwater to Brackish Gobioids,
/The Conscientious Aquarist
Sleeper Gobies,
the Family Eleotridae, Freshwater, Brackish & Marine
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By Bob Fenner |
Who you calling a Duckbill? |
Suborder Gobioidei; Eight families, about 268 genera, 2100 species
(many more to be described). A listing here just of families with fresh to
brackish water members.
Family Eleotridae,
Sleepers. Marine, fresh and brackish water species.
Have separated pelvic fins (no sucking disc). Mouths never sub-terminal. To two
feet in length! Approximately 35 genera, 150 species.
| Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792), the Fat Sleeper.
Found in the Americas, from North Carolina to Southeastern Brazil. Marshes
to brackish pools. To more than two feet overall length in the wild.
Predatory; best kept with aggressive fishes. Temp.
22-24 C. Aquarium image. |
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| Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft 1864), the Empire
Gudgeon. Australia and South-central New Guinea. To four inches in length.
In the wild feeds on larval insects, small crustaceans. Shown: one inch
aquarium specimen. |
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| Oxyeleotris lineolatus (Steindachner 1867), the
Sleepy Cod. Oceania; Australia and central-south New Guinea. To sixteen
inches in length. Temp. 20-28 C. Eats insects, crustaceans, fishes in the
wild... most everything, everyone in captivity. |
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| Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker 1852), the Marbled
Goby. To two feet in length. Asia; Thailand, Indonesia. Cond.s: freshwater
to brackish, pH 6.5-7.5, dH 10-15, temp. 22-28 C. A swallower of many
smaller aquarium fishes by night. |
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