Eleotris sandwicensis

Eleotris sandwicensis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Eleotris
Species:	E. sandwicensis
Binomial name
	Eleotris sandwicensis; Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Eleotris sandwicensis, the Sandwich Island sleeper, Hawaiian sleeper or oopu, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it can be found in marine, fresh, and brackish waters around the coast. This fish can reach a length of 33 cm (13 in). It is locally important to commercial fisheries and is also used as bait by fishermen after larger fishes.^[2] In the Hawaiian language, the fish is also known as oʻopu, ʻoau, ʻowau, and hiʻu kole.

References

^ NatureServe (2013). "Eleotris sandwicensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T7134A3137134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T7134A3137134.en.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Eleotris sandwicensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[IUCN-1] NatureServe (2013). "Eleotris sandwicensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T7134A3137134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T7134A3137134.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Eleotris sandwicensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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