Eleotris sandwicensis

Eleotris sandwicensis
Sandwich Island Sleeper
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species: E. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Eleotris sandwicensis
Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875

Eleotris sandwicensis, commonly known as the Sandwich Island Sleeper or Hawaiian Sleeper, is a species of fish in the Eleotridae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. In the Hawaiian language, the fish is also known as oʻopu, ʻoau, ʻowau, and hiʻu kole.

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