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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Eleotris: The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); tecta: From the latin tectus meaning concealed, disquised, in reference to its apparent scarcity..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous. Tropical; 25°C - 29°C (Ref. 36880)
Central and South America: Pacific slope, from tributaries to the Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica to Puerto Utria and Gorgona Island, Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50190)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 25. 56-61 lateral scales; 15-17 transverse scales; 23-26 scales around caudal peduncle and 16 or 17 pectoral fin-rays; anterior nasal tubes long, extending beyond the lip; 5 transverse rows of neuromasts below the eye, the 2nd,3rd and 4th rows continue across the longitudinal row below them; the 2 oblique rows of neuromasts on the opercle unite at their posterior ends; 6 or 7 transverse rows lie on each side of the upper snout and interorbital space (Ref. 38395).
Inhabits rivers and creeks of little to high current velocity between the sea and 75 m elevation. Carnivorous (Ref. 36880).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bussing, W.A., 1996. A new species of eleotridid, Eleotris tecta, from pacific slope streams of tropical America (Pisces: Eleotrididae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 44(1):251-257. (Ref. 38395)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00423 - 0.02715), b=3.08 (2.87 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).