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Black Spine-cheek Gudgeon
Eleotris melanosoma
The broadhead sleeper (Eleotris melanosoma) is a species of sleeper goby native to marine, fresh, and brackish waters from coastal eastern Africa through southern Asia to the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 99793.