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Hypseleotris Notata
''Hypseleotris'', or carp gudgeons, are a genus of small fresh and brackish water fishes in the family Eleotridae. Fish of this genus are found in rivers and estuaries connected to the tropical Indo-Pacific region. They are sometimes seen in the aquarium trade; especially ''H. compressa''. ''Hypseleotris'' species are opportunistic predators, feeding on zooplankton, small crustaceans and other benthic invertebrates. Mostly pelagic, ''Hypseleotris'' often aggregate in small schools but become territorial during breeding, which typically occurs in spring. Species ''Hypseleotris'' is made up of 23 species divided into 3 major clades. The most basal clade contains 6 isolated species of euryhaline gudgeons closely related to ''H. cyprinoides'', with a distribution range extending from South Africa to eastern Melanesia and as far north as mainland China. The remaining species originated in Australia and would've diverged from other ''Hypseleotris'' sometime between 5 and 11 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypseleotris Cyprinoides
''Hypseleotris cyprinoides'', the tropical carp-gudgeon or tropical bitterling-gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in fresh, brackish, and marine coastal waters from Africa through southern Asia to the Pacific Islands. This amphidromous species can reach a length of . It has been extirpated from the Indian Ocean island of Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ..., References External links Photograph of malePhotograph of female cyprinoides Freshwater fish of South Africa Fishkeeping Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1837 {{Eleotridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |