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Giuris margaritacea

Summary

Giuris margaritacea, the snakehead gudgeon, Aporos sleeper, or ornate sleeper, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in marine, brackish, and fresh waters from Madagascar to Melanesia. This species grows to a total length of 29 cm (11 in) with a maximum recorded weight of 171 g (6.0 oz). This species is important to the local peoples as a food fish. This species is the only known member of the genus Giuris.[2]

Giuris margaritacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Giuris
Sauvage, 1880
Species:
G. margaritacea
Binomial name
Giuris margaritacea
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Eleotris margaritacea Valenciennes, 1837
  • Eleotris aporos Bleeker, 1854
  • Ophieleotris aporos (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Ophiocara aporos (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Eleotris hoedtii Bleeker, 1854
  • Eleotris vanicolensis Sauvage, 1880
  • Eleotris planiceps Macleay, 1883
  • Eleotris aporocephalus Macleay, 1884
  • Hypseleotris agilis Herre, 1927
  • Ophieleotris agilis (Herre, 1927)

References edit

  1. ^ Larson, H. & Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Giuris margaritacea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T196317A58335977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T196317A58335977.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Giuris margaritacea" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

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