Hypseleotris aurea

Golden gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Hypseleotris
Species: H. aurea
Binomial name
Hypseleotris aurea
(Shipway, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Eleotris aurea Shipway, 1950

The golden gudgeon (Hypseleotris aurea) is a species of sleeper goby endemic to Australia, where it is found in rocky pools in the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers in Western Australia. This species can reach a length of 8 cm (3.1 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. Wager, R. 1996. Hypseleotris aurea. 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 07 July 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Hypseleotris aurea" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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