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Dormitator
Sign in to saveDormitator 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyEleotridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Eleotridae
- Collections
- USNM, AUM, ROM, MPEG, CAS, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Brasil, Guyane Francaise
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- Parent taxon
- Eleotridae
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- FMIB 38175 Dormitator maculatus (Bloch).jpeg
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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.
==Species== There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: 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)
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