Hypseleotris cyprinoides

Hypseleotris cyprinoides, the tropical carp-gudgeon or tropical bitterling-gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in fresh, brackish, and marine coastal waters from Africa through southern Asia to the Pacific Islands. This amphidromous species can reach a length of 8 cm (3.1 in).^[2] It has been extirpated from the Indian Ocean island of Réunion,^[1]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Division:Teleostei

Order:Gobiiformes

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Hypseleotris cyprinoides
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Hypseleotris
Species:	H. cyprinoides
Binomial name
Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms[2]
Eleotris cyprinoides Valenciennes, 1837 Asterropteryx cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837) Hypseleotris bipartita Herre, 1927 Hypseleotris dayi J. L. B. Smith, 1950 Hypseleotris tohizonae (Steindachner, 1880) Eleotris tohizonae Steindachner, 1880

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