Lutea sleeper (Eleotris lutea)

Scientific name: Eleotris lutea Day, 1876

The Lutea sleeper (Eleotris lutea) is a brackish-water fish of the family Eleotridae. Native range: Indian Ocean, India and Myanmar. Also reported from Bangladesh.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eleotris lutea
Family
Eleotridae (Sleepers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indian Ocean: India and Myanmar. Also reported from Bangladesh.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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