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Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

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Common names: 尖头塘鳢, 尖頭塘鱧, 尖頭塘鱧
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Hwang, H.C., I.Y. Chen and P.C. Yueh, 1988
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Usually found in the river mouths and lower reaches of rivers in southeast China (Ref. 26563), including those in Guangdong Province and Hainan Province (Ref. 33469, 85799). Knownfrom Hanjiang river drainage; others 145 specimens from Dongjiang river drainage, Xijiang river drainage, Moyang jiang river drainage, Changhua jiang river drainage in Guangdong Province. And also from Nandujiang river in Hainan Province (Ref. 33469).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hwang, H.C., I.Y. Chen and P.C. Yueh, 1988
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Eleotris: The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 37°N - 27°N

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