Eleotris melanosoma

Eleotris melanosoma, the broadhead sleeper or dusky sleeper, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae native to marine, fresh, and brackish waters from coastal eastern Africa through southern Asia to the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.^[2] This species has been introduced to the Panama Canal Zone.^[3]

Eleotris melanosoma
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Eleotris
Species:	E. melanosoma
Binomial name
Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
Culius melanosoma (Bleeker, 1852)