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Freshly collected young adult of Dormitator latifrons at Arroyo La Peñita at La Peñita de Jaltemba [Nayarit]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (14-May-2022). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Eleotridae

Genus
Dormitator

Last updated on:
11-Jul-2013

Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844)

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Original description as Eleotris latifrons:

ZooBank:85958FD3-99C8-4840-B51C-97238B38E10A.

Richardson, John. 1844. "Ichthyology.--Part 1". The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42, No. 5 (ffm00394)

Synonyms (2):

Hemieleotris carmenensis Nichols, 1952, with type locality at Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
Dormitator latifrons mexicanus Ginsburg, 1953, with type locality at Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Determiner: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999

Conservation: Dormitator latifrons is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).