Biology:Dormitator
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Dormitator | |
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| Dormitator maculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Dormitator T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858[1]
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Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae 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.[2]
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[3][2]
- 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
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Dormitator". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2759.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Galván-Quesada, S.; Doadrio, I.; Alda, F. et al. (2016). "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Amphidromous Fish Genus Dormitator Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Eleotridae)". PLOS ONE 11 (4): e0153538. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153538. PMID 27074006. Bibcode: 2016PLoSO..1153538G.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Dormitator in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2698638 entry
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