Hypseleotris
| Hypseleotris | |
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| Hypseleotris compressa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Hypseleotris T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris cyprinoides Valenciennes, 1837[1]
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Hypseleotris is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae. Most are from fresh water in Australia and New Guinea, but species in fresh and brackish water are found around islands in the western Indian Ocean, southern and eastern Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Pacific islands.[2] The largest species reaches a length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[3] They are sometimes seen in the aquarium trade; especially H. compressa. In Australia they are known as carp gudgeons.[4]
The assemblage of species of this genus which occurs in the basin of the Murray-Darling river system is made up of sexually reproducing species and hybrid lineages which consiste of a single sex and which have arisen through hybridisation, a process known as hybridogenesis. The single sex species require gametes from the sexual species to reproduce and could be regarded as sexual parasites and in "closed populations" this sexual parasitism can cause the extinction of such populations.[4]
Species
The 16 recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Hypseleotris aurea (Shipway, 1950) (golden gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris barrawayi Larson, 2007[5]
- Hypseleotris compressa (J. L. G. Krefft, 1864) (empire gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris compressocephalus (W. Chen, 1985)
- Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837) (tropical carp-gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris ejuncida Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1982 (Slender gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris everetti (Boulenger, 1895)
- Hypseleotris galii (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (firetail gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris guentheri (Bleeker, 1875)
- Hypseleotris hotayensis (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
- Hypseleotris kimberleyensis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1982 (Barnett River gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris klunzingeri (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (western carp gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris leuciscus (Bleeker, 1853)
- Hypseleotris pangel Herre, 1927
- Hypseleotris regalis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1982 (Prince Regent gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris tohizonae (Steindachner, 1880)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hypseleotris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Thacker, C.; and Unmack, P.J. (2005). Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Eleotrid Genus Hypseleotris (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae), With Redescription of H. cyprinoides. Records of the Australian Museum, Vol. 57: 1–13.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hypseleotris". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Dianne J. Bray. "Hypseleotris". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Larson, H. K. (2007). "A new species of carp gudgeon, Hypseleotris (Pisces: Gobioidei: Eleotridae), from the Katherine River system, Northern Territory". The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 23: 111–118.
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