Erotelis

Erotelis
Erotelis armiger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Erotelis Poey, 1860
Type species
Erotelis valenciennesi Poey, 1860
Synonyms
Alexurus Jordan, 1895 Euleptoeleotris Hildebrand, 1938

Erotelis is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae native to the fresh, marine, and brackish coastal waters of the Americas.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

• Erotelis armiger (D. S. Jordan & J. A. Richardson, 1895) (flathead sleeper)
• Erotelis clarki (Hildebrand, 1938)
• Erotelis shropshirei (Hildebrand, 1938)
• Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837) (emerald sleeper)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erotelis". FishBase. April 2013 version.