African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Eleotris Bloch & Schneider, 1801

AfReMaS taxon details

Eleotris Bloch & Schneider, 1801

AphiaID

204889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204889)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Eleotridae Bonaparte, 1835

Direct children (11)

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Species Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853
Species Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801)
Species Eleotris mauritiana Bennett, 1832
Species Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1853
Species Eleotris pellegrini Maugé, 1984
Species Eleotris vittata Duméril, 1861
Species Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853
Species Eleotris delagoensis Barnard, 1927 accepted as Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849)
Species Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936 accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837 accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Eleotris mauritianus Bennett, 1832 accepted as Eleotris mauritiana Bennett, 1832

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eleotris Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204889 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Eleotris Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204889 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-08-03 08:28:14Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleotris)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris RAD108628-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris pisonis FIN035131 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris RAD108628-001)

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To NMNH Extant Collection (Eleotris pisonis FIN035131 Slide 35 mm)

Hosted externally