Kingdom Animalia Family Eleotridae Scientific name Eleotris sandwicensis Higher classification Spinycheek sleepers Order Perciformes | Suborder Gobioidei Genus Eleotris Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Similar Spinycheek sleepers, Stenogobius hawaiiensis, Hawaiian freshwater goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni, Eleotridae | ||
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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