Erotelis is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae native to the fresh, marine, and brackish coastal waters of the Americas.
Erotelis | |
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Erotelis armiger | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Eleotridae |
Genus: | Erotelis Poey, 1860 |
Type species | |
Erotelis valenciennesi Poey, 1860
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Synonyms | |
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Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Erotelis armiger (D. S. Jordan & J. A. Richardson, 1895) (flathead sleeper)
- Erotelis clarki (Hildebrand, 1938)
- Erotelis shropshirei (Hildebrand, 1938)
- Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837) (emerald sleeper)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erotelis". FishBase. April 2013 version.