Dormitator latifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Gobioidei |
Family: | Eleotridae |
Genus: | Dormitator |
Species: | D. latifrons |
Binomial name | |
Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844) |
Dormitator latifrons, the Pacific fat sleeper, is a species of sleeper goby found on the Pacific coast from Baja California to Peru.[1]
In parts of South America, such as Manabí Province, Ecuador, it is known as chame and prized as a food fish.