Dormitator Gill [T. N.] 1861:44 Masc. Eleotris somnulentus Girard 1858. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Dormitator Gill 1861 -- (Maugé 1986:391 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:181 [ref. 7303], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:828 [ref. 21590], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:412 [ref. 24550], Dankwa et al. 1999:50 [ref. 28023], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1779 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Scharpf 2009:11 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:276 [ref. 31114], Thacker 2011:81 [ref. 31726], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:208 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Dormitator Gill 1861. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.