| Dormitator | |
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| Dormitator maculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Dormitator T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris somnulentus | |
Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae 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:32
- 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
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dormitator". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- 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. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1153538G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153538. PMC 4830628. PMID 27074006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dormitator". FishBase. February 2018 version.