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Taxon: Family Eleotridae Bonaparte, 1835 - sleepers (fish)

Entity:

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN]				Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 170.
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 26 Apr 2025.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	*Eleotrinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1835		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 421. [inferred]
Type	:	*Eleotris* (Genus) Scopoli, 1777		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 421; [<26 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Variants

Former rank	:	*Eleotrinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1835		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025; [<29 Jun 2025]. [inferred]
Correct spelling	:	*Eleotrididae* (Family)		Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170.
Former spelling	:	*Eleotrididae* (Family)		Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 328.
Former spelling	:	*Eleotrididae* (Family)		Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including

:

†Pirskeniidae (Family) Obrhelová, 1961

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	sleepers	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2488; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
	:	spinycheek sleepers	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 328.

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