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Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1853

Broadhead sleeper
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South Africa country information

Common names: Breëkop-slaper, Broadhead sleeper
Occurrence: error
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Natal south to the Qora River, Transkei (Ref. 5493).. Outside distributional range (Ref. 125668).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mennesson, M.I., P. Keith, S. Sauri, F. Busson, E. Delrieu-Trottin, G. Limmon, T. Sukmono, Jiran, R. Risdawati, H. Dahruddin and N. Hubert, 2021
National Database:

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 author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 125668); depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 25°C - ? (Ref. 2059); 45°N - 22°S

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