Dormitator
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| Genus: | Dormitator T. N. Gill, 1861
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| Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858
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Dormitator is a genus of sleeper gobies mostly found in marine, fresh and brackish waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, with one species occurring along the Pacific coast of the Americas.[1]
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Dormitator cubanus Ginsburg, 1953
- Dormitator latifrons (J. Richardson, 1844) (Pacific fat sleeper)
- Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner, 1870)
- Dormitator lophocephalus Hoedeman, 1951
- Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) (Fat sleeper)
References
- ^ a b Galván-Quesada, S., Doadrio, I., Alda, F., Perdices, A., Reina, R.G., García Varela, M., Hernández, N., Mendoza, A.C., Bermingham, E. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. (2016): Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Amphidromous Fish Genus Dormitator Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Eleotridae). PLoS ONE, 11 (4): e0153538.
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