Oxyeleotris is a genus of sleeper gobies mostly restricted to Australia and New Guinea, though some (O. marmorata, O. siamensis, O. urophthalmoides and O. urophthalmus) are found in Southeast Asia.
They are found in a wide range of fresh and brackish water habitats, and the two species O. caeca and O. colasi are cave-dwellers.
Species There 19 recognized species in this genus are: Oxyeleotris albooculata (Herre, 1927) Oxyeleotris altipinna G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996 Oxyeleotris aruensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Aru gudgeon) Oxyeleotris caeca G. R. Allen, 1996 Oxyeleotris colasi Pouyaud, Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Slembrouck, Lemauk, Kusumah & Keith, 2013Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R.V. & Keith, P. (2013): Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium, 36 (4): 521-529. Oxyeleotris fimbriata (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (fimbriate gudgeon) Oxyeleotris herwerdenii (M. C. W. Weber, 1910) (blackbanded gauvina) Oxyeleotris heterodon (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani gudgeon) Oxyeleotris lineolata (Steindachner, 1867) (sleepy cod) Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852) (marble goby) Oxyeleotris mertoni (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) Oxyeleotris nullipora T. R. Roberts, 1978 (poreless gudgeon) Oxyeleotris paucipora T. R. Roberts, 1978 (few-pored gudgeon) Oxyeleotris selheimi (W. J. Macleay, 1884) (giant gudgeon) Oxyeleotris siamensis (Günther, 1861) Oxyeleotris stagnicola G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Swamp gudgeon) Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides (Bleeker, 1853) Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851) Oxyeleotris wisselensis G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Paniai gudgeon)
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