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Species in the genus Dormitator: [ 23 ] records


carmenensis, Hemieleotris Nichols [J. T.] 1952:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 1594; ref. 12793] Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: AMNH 18724. Paratypes: AMNH 20937 (1). •Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cubanus, Dormitator Ginsburg [I.] 1953:19 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] San Cristóbal, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Holotype: USNM 55668. Paratypes: USNM 55688 (1), 123234 (1). •Valid as Dormitator cubanus Ginsburg 1953 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1780 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Dormitator cubanus Ginsburg 1953. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cuba. Habitat: freshwater.

grandisquama, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:229 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] America. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1564. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:12 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gundlachi, Eleotris Poey [F.] 1860:272 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Santiago, Cuba (fresh water). Syntypes: ?MCZ 13374 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:213 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gymnocephalus, Dormitator Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:523 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Konawaruk, Guyana. Holotype (unique): FMNH 53922 [ex CM 2438]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:96 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:33 [ref. 12367]. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.

lateralis, Philypnus Gill [T. N.] 1860:123 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12; ref. 17623] Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 2435-42 (7 or 8). •Valid as Gobiomorus lateralis (Gill 1860) -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1064 [ref. 22829]). •Also as a synonym of Gobiomorus maculatus (Günther 1859) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844) -- (R. Fricke, pers. comm., 12/20). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

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) -- (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], Angulo et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:157 [ref. 40816], Valenzuela et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40815]). 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.

lebretonis, Eleotris Steindachner [F.] 1870:947 [3], Pl. 1 (figs. 3-4) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 60 (1. Abth.); ref. 18767] Near Dagana, Senegal, western Africa. Syntypes: (several) MNHN 0000-6182 (2 or 5); NMW 76244-45 (8, 2), 58729 (6). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:13 [ref. 19958]. On p. 3 of separate. Appeared first as name only in Steindachner 1869:224. •Valid as Batanga lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Maugé 1986:389 [ref. 6218], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Miller & Wongrat 1990:952 [ref. 19381]). •Valid as Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:830 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:50 [ref. 28023], Pezold & Cage 2002:34 [ref. 25941], Pezold et al. 2007:483 [ref. 30082], Schliewen 2011:208 [ref. 31738], Miller in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2829 [ref. 34618], Skelton 2019:228, 237 [ref. 36564], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:220 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Namibia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lineatus, Dormitator Gill [T. N.] 1863:271 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1690] Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM (apparently lost). •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lophocephalus, Dormitator Hoedeman [J. J.] 1951:4, Fig. [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 12894] Ditch, some miles south of Paramaribo, Suriname. Holotype: ZMA 100061a. Paratypes: ZMA 100061b (1). •Valid as Dormitator lophocephalus Hoedeman 1951 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1780 [ref. 27111], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Suriname [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

lucani, Eleotris Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1885:93 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 9; ref. 3791] Lândana, Angola. Museo Bouvieri. •Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrolepidota, Sciaena Bloch [M. E.] 1792:40, Pl. 298 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] Valparaiso, South America. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2155. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:50 [ref. 19958], Paepke 1999:77 [ref. 24282]. Spelled macrollpidotus on plate; first reviser not researched, but macrollpidotus probably a typesetting error. On p. 35 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Ophiocara macrolepidota (Bloch 1792) -- (Maugé 1986:397 [ref. 6218], Fricke et al. 2018:320 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Ophiocara macrolepidotum (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti 2021:23 [ref. 38603]). •Possibly a species of Dormitator -- (Keith & Mennesson 2021: 100 [ref. 38375]). Eleotridae: Butinae. Habitat: freshwater.

macrophthalmus, Dormitator Puyo [J.] 1944:231 [1], Fig. 2 [Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse v. 79 (no. 3); ref. 13073] Tonate, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

maculata, Sciaena Bloch [M. E.] 1792:44, Pl. 299 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] No locality. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2149. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:77 [ref. 24282]. On p. 39 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:43 [ref. 37559], Lee et al. 1980:781 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:442 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:240 [ref. 23100], Bussing 1987:242 [ref. 22927], Boschung 1992:161 [ref. 23239], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:72 [ref. 22290], Cervigón 1994:140 [ref. 24488], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:226 [ref. 22947], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], Bussing 1998:411 [ref. 24179], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:412 [ref. 24550], Schwartz 1999:282 [ref. 25307], Keith et al. 2000:234 [ref. 24547], Marín 2000:77 [ref. 26252], Taylor 2001:153 [ref. 25200], Pezold & Cage 2002:33 [ref. 25941], Lim et al. 2002:90 [ref. 28310], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1780 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27621], Ross & Rhode 2004:300 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:623 [ref. 27995], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:656 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:390 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2009:12 [ref. 30400], Matamoros et al. 2009:23 [ref. 31241], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:23 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:1006 [ref. 33194], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:74 [ref. 33341], Walsh & Chakrabarty 2016:515 [ref. 34497], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Guimarães-Costa et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35781], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:403 [ref. 35886], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:222 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603], Koerber et al. 2022:65 [ref. 39235], Angulo et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:234 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mexicanus, Dormitator latifrons Ginsburg [I.] 1953:20 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 7350. Paratypes: (49) USNM 8241 (7), 123236 (5). •Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:414 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2021:32 [ref. 38603]) Current status: Synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson 1844). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

microphthalmus, Batanga lebretonis Meinken [H.] 1966:220, Fig. [Aquarien Terrarien v. 13 (no. 7); ref. 19859] Lagoons of Lagos, Nigeria. Holotype (unique): ZMB 21581. •Synonym of Batanga lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Maugé 1986:389 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

microphthalmus, Dormitator Gill [T. N.] 1863:170 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 4953. Type catalog: Smith 2018:80 [ref. 36061]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mugiloides, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:226 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Martinique Island, West Indies; Suriname; Mexico. Syntypes: MNHN A-1596 (1) Martinique, A-1678 (1) Suriname, 2631 (1) Suriname; ZMB 2150 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:14 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

omocyaneus, Eleotris Poey [F.] 1860:269 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 13371-72 (1, 1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:213 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 13372 as holotype. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

omosema, Eleotris Ahl [E.] 1935:251 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 110 (nos 9/10); ref. 13865] West Africa. Holotype (unique): ZMB (not found). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:96 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Batanga lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Maugé 1986:389 [ref. 6218]). •Questionably a synonym of Batanga lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Miller & Wongrat 1990:952 [ref. 19381]). •Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870) -- (Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner 1870). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pleurops, Eleotris Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:42 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 13); ref. 14365] Lower Niger [probably in error for western Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.12.5.8. See Pezold et al. 2007:483 [ref. 30082] for remarks on type locality. •Valid as Dormitator pleurops (Boulenger 1909) -- (Maugé 1986:390 [ref. 6218], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:829 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Boch 1792) -- (Pezold et al. 2007:483 [ref. 30082], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sima, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:232 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Veracruz, Mexico. Syntypes: MNHN A-1666 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:15 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:413 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

somnulentus, Eleotris Girard [C. F.] 1858:169 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] Mouth of Rio Grande del Norte (Rio Bravo), Texas, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ 35971 [ex USNM 641] (5), USNM 641 (33). See also Girard 1859:28, Pl. 12 (figs. 1-3) [ref. 13405]. •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:413 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:659 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.


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