Dormitator

Dormitator
Dormitator maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Dormitator
T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Eleotris somnulentus
Girard, 1858[1]

Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae mostly found in marine, fresh and brackish waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, with one species occurring along the Pacific coast of the Americas.[2]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dormitator". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ Galván-Quesada, S.; Doadrio, I.; Alda, F.; et al. (2016). "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Amphidromous Fish Genus Dormitator Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Eleotridae)". PLOS ONE. 11 (4): e0153538. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1153538G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153538. PMC 4830628. PMID 27074006.