Dormitator | |
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Dormitator maculatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Eleotridae |
Genus: | Dormitator T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Type species | |
Eleotris somnulentus |
Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae found in marine, fresh and brackish waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, with one species occurring along the Pacific coast of the Americas. [2]
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: [3] [2]