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View Mode View All Pictures Species Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker    Eleotris melanosoma was originally described as Eleotris melanosoma by Bleeker in 1853. It belongs to the family Eleotridae. It is commonly known as Broadhead sleeper but has many other common names such as in Australia as Ebony gudgeon, in Japan as Okamehaze, in Papua New Guinea as Black gudgeon, in Philippines as Virot, in South Africa as Broadhead sleeper, in South Africa as Broadhead sleeper. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanosoma AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] AuthorNI   Bleeker Qualification   --- Year   1853 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Gobiiformes Gobiiformes Family   Eleotridae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Eleotris Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Gobiiformes Family   Eleotridae Genus   Eleotris Original Name   Eleotris         Taxon Name   melanosoma Original Combination   Eleotris melanosoma Original Genus   Eleotris Original Genus Species   Eleotris melanosoma OriginalSubGenus   Eleotris Original Author   Bleeker Original AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1853 Original Family   Eleotridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Wahai, western Sumatra, Indonesia, in sea. Types   Syntypes: (4) RMNH 4815 (some of 16). Primary Code   --- Journal   Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië Citation   v. 3 Page   705 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Eleotris oxycephala Current Species   oxycephala Current Genus   Eleotris Current AuthorWI   Tanaka [S.] Current AuthorNI   Tanaka Current Year   1853 Current Family   Eleotridae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water Habitat Notes Inhabits brackish estuaries and freshwater streams (Ref. 2847).     Distribution Indo-West Pacific. Current Summary   Valid as Eleotris melanosoma  Bleeker 1853. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.   Name History   • Valid as Eleotris melanosoma  Bleeker 1853 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:240 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:393 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Roberts 1989:166 [ref. 6439], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:553 [ref. 25598], Zheng 1989:337 [ref. 21202], Allen & Coates 1990:96 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:156 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:977 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:134 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:361 [ref. 24071], Zhu 1995:174 [ref. 25213], Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1150 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:60 [ref. 25191], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25693], Skelton 2001:361 [ref. 27406], Nakabo 2002:1150 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Parenti & Lim 2005:194 [ref. 28285], Hoese 2006:1600 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:152 [ref. 30265], Schliewen 2011:209 [ref. 31738], Kottelat 2013:392 [ref. 32989]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 11 (268 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abacurus Eleotris abacurus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan 1896 Synonym acanthopoma Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker [P.] 1853 Valid acanthopoma hainanensis Eleotris acanthopoma hainanensis Wu [H.-L.] 1991 Synonym acanthopomus Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker [P.] 1853 Synonym adspersa Eleotris adspersa Castelnau [F. L. de] 1878 Synonym africana Eleotris africana Steindachner [F.] 1879 Synonym amblyopsis Eleotris amblyopsis (Cope [E. D.] 1871) Valid amboinensis Eleotris amboinensis Bleeker [P.] 1853 Synonym andamensis Eleotris andamensis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1939 Valid annoboensis Eleotris annoboensis Blanc [M.], Cadenat [J.] & Stauch [A.] 1968 Synonym annobonensis Eleotris annobonensis Blanc [M.], Cadenat [J.] & Stauch [A.] 1968 Valid aporocephalus Eleotris aporocephalus Macleay [W.] 1884 Synonym aporos Eleotris aporos Bleeker [P.] 1854 Synonym aquadulcis Eleotris aquadulcis Allen [G. R.] & Coates [D.] 1990 Valid aruensis Eleotris (Oxyeleotris) aruensis Weber [M.] 1911 Synonym aruensis Eleotris aruensis Weber [M.] 1911 Synonym auratus Eleotris auratus (Risso [A.] 1810) Synonym aurea Eleotris aurea Shipway [B.] 1950 Synonym australis Eleotris australis Krefft [J. L. G.] 1864 Synonym balearica Eleotris balearica Pellegrin [J.] & Fage [L.] 1907 Synonym balearicus Eleotris balearicus Pellegrin [J.] & Fage [L.] 1907 Synonym balia Eleotris balia Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905 Valid basalis Eleotris basalis Gray [J. E.] 1842 Synonym belizianus Eleotris (Culius) belizianus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880 Synonym belizianus Eleotris belizianus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 11 (268 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…