Pacific Fat Sleeper
Dormitator latifrons
- Group: Other
- Max size: 41 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A stout sleeper goby of Pacific estuaries, ditches and sluggish creeks, it works sandy and muddy bottoms and swallows quantities of mud and detritus, also filtering plankton. Mostly a freshwater fish, it moves freely into the sea and tolerates a wide swing in salinity.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiiformes › Eleotridae › Dormitator
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 276408.
FAQ
- Is the Pacific Fat Sleeper dangerous to divers?
- The Pacific Fat Sleeper is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Pacific Fat Sleeper get?
- The Pacific Fat Sleeper grows to about 41 cm.