Biology:Dormitator latifrons
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Dormitator |
| Species: | D. latifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Dormitator latifrons (J. Richardson, 1844)
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Dormitator latifrons, the Pacific fat sleeper, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found on the Pacific coast of the Americas from around Palos Verdes, California , to Peru, where it can be found in stagnant or sluggish fresh or brackish waters or nearby marine waters. Males of this species can reach a length of 41 cm (16 in), while females grow to 39 cm (15 in). Most do not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in). A maximum weight of 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) has been recorded. This species is important to local commercial fisheries and is actively farmed.[2]
References
- ↑ Lyons, T.J.; van Tassell, J. (2019). "Dormitator latifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T183257A1735255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T183257A1735255.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183257/1735255. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dormitator latifrons" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5298083 entry
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