Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9.

Common Names

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Goue slaper , Afrikaans , South Africa

Maringyan , Bikol , Philippines

Cabot , Creole, French , Mauritius

Celebes-sovekutling , Danish , Denmark

Golden sleeper , English , South Africa

Golden Sleeper , English , UK

Tropical carp gudgeon , English , Vanuatu

Tropical carp-gudgeon , English , Papua New Guinea

Karppitorkkuja , Finnish , Finland

Eléotris cyprin , French , Comoros

Eléotris cyprin , French , Mayotte

Eléotris cyprin , French , Madagascar

Eléotris cyprin , French , New Caledonia

Éléotris cyprin , French , Vanuatu

Éléotris cyprin , French , Reunion I.

Tanago-modoki , Japanese , Japan

似鯉黃黝魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

似鲤黄黝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

台氏黃黝魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

台氏黄黝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短塘鱧 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

短塘鳢 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短黃黝魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短黄黝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cabot marare , Not specified , Reunion I.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Eleotridae

Genus: Hypseleotris

Species: Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Favors shallow vegetated margins of freshwater streams entering estuaries. Feeds on mosquito and other insect larvae. Threatened by coastal development and destruction of habitat through farming, industrial and urban activities (Ref. 7248).

Habitat

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freshwater