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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Leptophilypnus: Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, phile = that likes + Greek, hypnos = sleep (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Meek & Hildebrand.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
Central America: Pacific slope of Panama and Costa Rica.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50190)
Inhabits tidal freshwater. Collected from white water streams, with boulder and rubble, and sand and mud substrates; no or little vegetation (Ref. 57711).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Thacker, C.E., F. Pezold and R.D. Suttkus, 2006. Redescription of the dwarf neotropical eleotrid genus Leptophilypnus (Teleostei: Gobioidei), including a new species and comments on Microphilypnus. Copeia 2006(3):489-499. (Ref. 57711)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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