Dormitator

Dormitator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Dormitator
T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Eleotris somnulentus
Girard, 1858

Dormitator is a genus of sleeper gobies 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.[1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Galván-Quesada, S., Doadrio, I., Alda, F., Perdices, A., Reina, R.G., García Varela, M., Hernández, N., Mendoza, A.C., Bermingham, E. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. (2016): Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Amphidromous Fish Genus Dormitator Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Eleotridae). PLoS ONE, 11 (4): e0153538.
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