Eleotris sandwicensis

Sandwich Island sleeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species: E. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Eleotris sandwicensis
Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Eleotris sandwicensis, the Sandwich Island sleeper, is a species of sleeper goby endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it can be found in marine, fresh, and brackish waters around the coast. This fish can reach a length of 33 cm (13 in). It is locally important to commercial fisheries and is also used as bait by fishermen after larger fishes.[2] In the Hawaiian language, the fish is also known as oʻopu, ʻoau, ʻowau, and hiʻu kole.

References

  1. NatureServe 2013. Eleotris sandwicensis. 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Eleotris sandwicensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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