Eleotris melanosoma

Broadhead sleeper
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Eleotris
Species:	E. melanosoma
Binomial name
	Eleotris melanosoma; Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
	Culius melanosoma (Bleeker, 1852);

The broadhead sleeper (Eleotris melanosoma) is a species of sleeper goby native to marine, fresh, and brackish waters from coastal eastern Africa through southern Asia to the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.^[2]

References

^ Larson, H. & Ng, H.H. 2012. Eleotris melanosoma. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 06 July 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Eleotris melanosoma" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Larson, H. & Ng, H.H. 2012. Eleotris melanosoma. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 06 July 2013.

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

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