Sleeper Goby
Dormitator lebretonis
- Group: Goby
- Max size: 12.4 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A sleeper of West African brackish waters, this goby lives in estuaries, creeks, lagoons and mangroves and sometimes pushes into freshwater, shrugging off wide swings in salinity. It grows to about 12 centimetres and turns up from Senegal down to Namibia. People stock it to eat mosquito larvae.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiiformes › Eleotridae › Dormitator
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 276409.
FAQ
- Is the Sleeper Goby dangerous to divers?
- The Sleeper Goby is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Sleeper Goby get?
- The Sleeper Goby grows to about 12.4 cm.