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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Leptophilypnus: Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, phile = that likes + Greek, hypnos = sleep (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Meek & Hildebrand.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Brackish; demersal. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Honduras to Panama.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50190)
An estuarine species reported from muddy brackish creek on the Atlantic versant of Panama in the Canal zone. Those collected from Tortuguero Lagoon estuary were from open shallow bays, 0.6 m or less in depth, with bottom varying from open to having filamentous algae and some submerged and floating vegetation, and from narrow shorelines (steep slope and few shallows) with much emergent, submerged and floating vegetation (Ref. 57711).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Thacker, C.E., F. Pezold and R.D. Suttkus, 2006. Redescription of the dwarf neotropical eleotrid genus Leptophilypnus (Teleostei: Gobioidei), including a new species and comments on Microphilypnus. Copeia 2006(3):489-499. (Ref. 57711)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00393 - 0.02918), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).