Hypseleotris cyprinoides

Hypseleotris cyprinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Hypseleotris
Species: H. cyprinoides
Binomial name
Hypseleotris cyprinoides
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Eleotris cyprinoides Valenciennes, 1837
  • Asterropteryx cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Hypseleotris bipartita Herre, 1927
  • Hypseleotris dayi J. L. B. Smith, 1950

The tropical carp-gudgeon (Hypseleotris cyprinoides) is a species of sleeper goby found in fresh, brackish, and marine coastal waters from Africa through southern Asia to the Pacific Islands. This amphidromous species can reach a length of 8 cm (3.1 in).

References

  1. ↑ Larson, H. 2012. Hypseleotris cyprinoides. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 07 July 2013.
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