latifrons, Eleotris Richardson [J.] 1844:57, Pl. 35 (figs. 4-5) [Ichthyology.--Part 1. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 3739] Pacific [eastern Pacific]. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1844.9.13.36 (1), second syntype missing. •Valid as Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844) -- (Branson et al. 1960:220 [ref. 41482], Ovchynnyk 1967:43 [ref. 37559], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:260 [ref. 9277], Ortega & Vari 1986:21 [ref. 9708], Bussing 1987:241 [ref. 22927], Allen & Robertson 1994:256 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1064 [ref. 22829], Long 1996:192 [ref. 22731], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:548 [ref. 24023], Bussing 1998:410 [ref. 24179], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:414 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Love et al. 2005:160 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:390 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2009:12 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:276 [ref. 31114], Matamoros et al. 2009:23 [ref. 31241], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Angulo et al. 2013:1006 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2013:452 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:119 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:346 [ref. 34894], Walsh & Chakrabarty 2016:515 [ref. 34497], Kells et al. 2016:302 [ref. 35888], Guimarães-Costa et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35781], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:292 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37425], Love et al. 2021:203 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Angulo et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:272 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:119 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:157 [ref. 40816], Valenzuela et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40815], Apaza et al. 2024:373 [ref. 41296]). Current status: Valid as Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.