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Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792)

Fat sleeper
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Dormitator maculatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Trinidad and Tobago country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Previously common in the lower part of the St. Joseph River near the Bamboo Grove Fish Farm. Commonly found in turbid standing fresh water around the edges of swamps or in river mouths.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kenny, J.S., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Naca, 脂塘鳢, Pacific sleeper, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Dormitator: Latin, dormire = to sleep (Ref. 45335);  maculatus: Specific name means 'spotted' or 'stained'..
  More on author: Bloch.

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

marien; zoet water; brak water demersaal; amfidroom (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 17°C - 35°C (Ref. 35237); 37°N - 5°S

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