Dusky sleeper Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Eleotris fusca
Family : Eleotridae
Order : Gobiiformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Brown Gudgeon,Brown Sleeper
Habitat : Lagoons,Estuaries and Freshwater
Description : Dusky sleeper is an elongated bodied fish with a depressed head and prominent lower jaw.A strong spine is present near the operculum.Body is blackish or brownish and fins with a reddish touch.Spots are barred in all the fins.Caudal fin is rounded and pectoral with a diffuse spot.This species typically ranges in size from 18 cm (7 in) to 26 cm (10 in) in length. Its color varies from greyish brown to dark brown, and the brown spinecheek gudgeons primarily consume crustaceans, insects, and gastropods.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Awaous guamensis
(Scribbled Goby) -
Scartelaos histophorus
(Walking Goby) -
Oxyurichthys microlepis
(Maned Goby) -
Glossogobius giuris
(Freshwater Goby) -
Apocryptes bato
(Goby) -
Gobiopsis macrostoma
(Longjaw Goby) -
Gobiopterus chuno
(Glass Goby) -
Parapocryptes batoides
(Goby) -
Periophthalmodon schlosseri
(Mudskipper) -
Awaous grammepomus
(Scribbled Goby)
References:
description written by: Shahtaj Islam Sakaal, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Appleby,Chris,www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Shahtaj Islam Sakaal, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Appleby,Chris,www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.