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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Eleotris oxycephala
Sharphead sleeper
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Eleotridae
Description:
The fish has a robust body with a large wide, flat-topped and pointed head. It possesses a pale bar running from head to caudal peduncle dorsally. Body is tan in colour overall when alive. Its lower jaw extends beyond the upper jaw and mouth superior. There are 2 dark transverse lines running from eye margin to cheek. Cheek has 6 transverse rows of pit organ canals.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Records from streams and estuaries in North District, Sai Kung on Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island.
Global Distribution
Western Pacific region including China and Japan.
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References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lam, K. S. (2002).
Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
