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Eleotris sandwicensis (Akupa sleeper; Hawaiian sleeper; Oopu; Sandwich Island sleeper)

Synonyms: Eleotris sandvicensis; Eleotris sandwichensis
Language: Hawaiian; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Eleotris sandwicensis, the Sandwich Island sleeper, is a species of sleeper goby endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it can be found in marine, fresh, and brackish waters around the coast. This fish can reach a length of 33 cm (13 in). It is locally important to commercial fisheries and is also used as bait by fishermen after larger fishes. In the Hawaiian language, the fish is also known as oʻopu, ʻoau, ʻowau, and hiʻu kole.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Prey / Diet

Littoraria scabra (mangrove periwinkle)[2]
Melampus parvulus[2]
Poecilia reticulata (millions fish)[2]
Xiphophorus hellerii (Swordtails)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Camallanus cotti[3]
Procamallanus istiblenni[3]
Schyzocotyle acheilognathi[3]
Scolex polymorphus[3]
Southwellina hispida[3]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0