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Gobioids,
/The Conscientious Aquarist
Sleeper
Gobies, the Family Eleotridae, Freshwater, Brackish &
Marine
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By Bob Fenner
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Who you calling a Duckbill?
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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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Tateurndina ocellicauda Nichols 1955, the
Peacock Gudgeon. To 7.5 cm. Oceania: eastern PNG. Freshwater,
neutral pH, soft water desireable. http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=15907&genusname=
Tateurndina&speciesname=ocellicauda |
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