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spinycheek sleeper

Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789)
Name authority
(Gmelin, 1789)
Common name
spinycheek sleeper
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gobiiformes
Family
Eleotridae
Genus
Eleotris
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderGobiiformes
  11. familyEleotridae Bonaparte, 1835
  12. genusEleotris Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  13. speciesEleotris pisonis (Gmelin, 1789)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eleotris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris fasciata Chen, 1964EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris mauritiana Bennett, 1832EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel, 1845EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris pellegrini Maugé, 1984EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris senegalensis Steindachner, 1870EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris soaresi Playfair, 1867EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris tubularis Heller & Snodgrass, 1903EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris lutea Day, 1876EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris tecta Bussing, 1996EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris vomerodentata Maugé, 1984EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleotris sandwicensis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875EleotridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 102 records assigned to Eleotridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Gobius amorea Walbaum, 1792 Walbaum, 1792synonym
Eleotris carvalhonis Starks, 1913 Starks, 1913synonym
Eleotris gyrinus Valenciennes, 1837 Valenciennes, 1837synonym
Gobius pisonis Gmelin, 1789 Gmelin, 1789synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277805 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6F2PS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.