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WoRMS taxon details

Hetereleotris Bleeker, 1874

AphiaID

206027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816

Synonymised names

Chriolepidops Smith, 1958 · unaccepted

Dactyleleotris Smith, 1958 · unaccepted

Leioeleotris Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)

Lioteres Smith, 1958 · unaccepted

Riukiuia Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted

Satulinus Smith, 1958 · unaccepted

Direct children (28)

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Species Hetereleotris apora (Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979)
Species Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2019
Species Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese, 1976
Species Hetereleotris caminata (Smith, 1958)
Species Hetereleotris diademata (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Hetereleotris dorsovittata Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014
Species Hetereleotris exilis Shibukawa, 2010
Species Hetereleotris georgegilli Gill, 1998
Species Hetereleotris kenyae Smith, 1958
Species Hetereleotris margaretae Hoese, 1986
Species Hetereleotris nasoramosa Kovačić, Bogorodsky, Zajonz & Tornabene, 2021
Species Hetereleotris nebulofasciata (Smith, 1958)
Species Hetereleotris poecila (Fowler, 1946)
Species Hetereleotris psammophila Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014
Species Hetereleotris semisquamata Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2019
Species Hetereleotris tentaculata (Smith, 1958)
Species Hetereleotris vinsoni Hoese, 1986
Species Hetereleotris vulgaris (Klunzinger, 1871)
Species Hetereleotris zanzibarensis (Smith, 1958)
Species Hetereleotris zonata (Fowler, 1934)
Species Hetereleotris arenarius Snyder, 1908 accepted as Gobiopsis arenaria (Snyder, 1908)
Species Hetereleotris caudilinea (Randall, 2005) accepted as Pascua caudilinea Randall, 2005
Species Hetereleotris clara Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Species Hetereleotris readerae Hoese & Larson, 2005 accepted as Pascua readerae (Hoese & Larson, 2005) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Hetereleotris sticta Hoese & Larson, 2005 accepted as Pascua sticta (Hoese & Larson, 2005)
Species Hetereleotris tentaculatus (Smith, 1958) accepted as Hetereleotris tentaculata (Smith, 1958) (misspelling)
Species Hetereleotris vulgare (Klunzinger, 1871) accepted as Hetereleotris vulgaris (Klunzinger, 1871)
Species Hetereleotris zonatus (Fowler, 1934) accepted as Hetereleotris zonata (Fowler, 1934) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hetereleotris Bleeker, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206027 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]