Dormitator

Dormitator is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae found in marine, fresh and brackish waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, with one species occurring along the Pacific coast of the Americas.^[2]

Dormitator
Dormitator maculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Dormitator T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858[1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:^[3][2]

• Dormitator cubanus Ginsburg, 1953
• Dormitator latifrons (J. Richardson, 1844) (Pacific fat sleeper)
• Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner, 1870)
• Dormitator lophocephalus Hoedeman, 1951
• Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) (Fat sleeper)