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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The dusky sleeper or brown spinecheek gudgeon (Eleotris fusca) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in many Indo-West Pacific regions, from the coast of eastern Africa to Hawaii, where it can be found in lagoons, estuaries, and freshwater streams with muddy bottoms.
| Dusky sleeper | |
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| Eleotris fusca from Java, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Eleotris |
| Species: | E. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
The size of this species varies between 18cm (7 in) to 26 cm (10 in) in length.[2][4] Its colour ranges from a greyish brown to a dark brown.
Brown spinecheek gudgeons feed on crustaceans, insects, and gastropods.
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