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Eleotridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Eleotridae

Name

Synonyms
Eleotrididae
Homonyms
Eleotridae
Common names
Eleotrowate in Polish
Guabinas y dormilones in Spanish
Schläfergrundeln in German
Sleeper Gobies in English
Sleepers in English
Sovekutlinger in Danish
dormeurs in French
dormeurs in French
guavinas in Spanish
guavinas in Spanish
hlavačkovití in Czech
sleepers in English
sleepers in English
sovekutlingfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
torkkujat in Finnish
zaspančki in Slovenian
Žvynagalvinės in Lithuanian
Головешковые in Russian
Елеотрові in Ukrainian
ปลาบู่จาก ปลาบู่ทราย ปลาบู่เกาะ ฯลฯ in Thai
ปลาบู่เกาะ ปลาบู่สีน้ำตาล ฯลฯ in Thai
カワアナゴ亜科 in Japanese
カワアナゴ科 in Japanese
塘鱧科 in Chinese
구굴무치과 in Korean
sovekutlingfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
カワアナゴ科 in Japanese
sleepers in English
sleepers in English
カワアナゴ科 in Japanese
カワアナゴ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. CoL2006/FishBase
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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