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Eleotridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172171

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Eleotrididae
 
  Common Name(s): sleepers [English]
  
    dormeurs [French]
  
    guavinas [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderGobioidei  – gobies, gobies  
                                  FamilyEleotridae  – sleepers, dormeurs, guavinas  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusBatanga Herre, 1946  
                                     GenusBelobranchus Bleeker, 1857  
                                     GenusBostrychus Lacepède, 1801  
                                     GenusBunaka Herre, 1927  
                                     GenusButis Bleeker, 1856 – flathead gudgeons 
                                     GenusCalumia Smith, 1958  
                                     GenusDormitator Gill, 1861 – sleepers, fat sleepers 
                                     GenusEleotris Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – sleepers, spinycheek sleepers 
                                     GenusErotelis Poey, 1860  
                                     GenusFagasa Schultz, 1943  
                                     GenusGiuris Sauvage, 1880  
                                     GenusGobiomorphus Gill, 1863  
                                     GenusGobiomorus Lacepède, 1800 – bigmouth sleepers 
                                     GenusGrahamichthys Whitley, 1956  
                                     GenusGuavina Bleeker, 1874 – Atlantic guavinas 
                                     GenusHemieleotris Meek and Hildebrand, 1916  
                                     GenusHypseleotris Gill, 1863 – prigis 
                                     GenusIncara Rao, 1971  
                                     GenusKimberleyeleotris Hoese and Allen, 1987  
                                     GenusKribia Herre, 1946  
                                     GenusLeptophilypnus Meek and Hildebrand, 1916  
                                     GenusMicrophilypnus Myers, 1927  
                                     GenusMilyeringa Whitley, 1945  
                                     GenusMogurnda Gill, 1863  
                                     GenusOdonteleotris Gill, 1863  
                                     GenusOphieleotris Aurich, 1938 – snakehead gudgeons 
                                     GenusOphiocara Gill, 1863 – spangled gudgeons 
                                     GenusOxyeleotris Bleeker, 1874 – Indonesian guavinas 
                                     GenusParviparma Herre, 1927  
                                     GenusPhilypnodon Bleeker, 1874 – bullies, bullies 
                                     GenusPogoneleotris Bleeker, 1875  
                                     GenusPrionobutis Bleeker, 1874  
                                     GenusRatsirakia Maugé, 1984  
                                     GenusTateurndina Nichols, 1955  
                                     GenusThalasseleotris Hoese and Larson, 1987  
                                     GenusTyphleotris Petit, 1933  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Eleotridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eleotridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Eleotridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xv + 523   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-86475-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: sleepers[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eleotridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: dormeurs[French], guavinas [Spanish], sleepers [English]   
       

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