| Family: |
Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) |
| Max. size: |
3.31 cm SL (male/unsexed); 3.18 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Oceana: Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 10-12; Vertebrae: 29-30. This species can be distinguished from the southeastern Hypseleotris by the following set of characters: blunt head, snout rounded in profile, with dorsal scales; absence of pointed median fin tips of H. acropinna, H. galii, H. mooloboolaensis; distinct median fin coloration in breeding males, with red, black and orange stripes on the distal half of the fin, often with a thin white edge (Ref. 128732). |
| Biology: |
Maxium size based on type specimen (Ref. 128732). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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