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Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792)

Fat sleeper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Dormitator: Latin, dormire = to sleep (Ref. 45335); maculatus: Specific name means 'spotted' or 'stained'.
More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 17°C - 35°C (Ref. 35237); 37°N - 5°S

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North to South America: along the Atlantic slope from North Carolina (USA) to southeastern Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); common length : 14.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 15; Anal spines: 0 - 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. A short stubby fish with a conspicuously flat head (Ref. 26938).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Adults inhabit marshes, muddy ponds and channels with a salinity range of 0 to 21 ppt (Ref. 7251), up to 38.4 ppt in some cases (Ref. 97140). Mostly found in fresh water but also in brackish mangrove areas. They ascend upstream but remain in the lower reaches. Sexually mature after one year. Gonads develop during the dry season. Average size at maturity is 5.1 cm for males, 4.5 cm for females. Omnivorous, adults feed mainly on plants, sediments and invertebrates. They undergo coloration change during reproduction, carrying out a complex nuptial parade. Adults guard the nest. Egg is 0.3 mm, incubation time is 11 to 16 hours at 27°C (Ref. 35237).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.5 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 807 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00420 - 0.02379), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.5   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 90.6 [51.5, 209.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.891 [0.443, 1.695] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.167 [0.096, 0.275] g/100g; Selenium = 44.5 [22.5, 96.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.7 [4.5, 40.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.63 [1.14, 2.44] mg/100g (wet weight);