Fat sleeper

The Fat sleeper lives in the demersal, amphidromous, freshwater, brackish, marine environment.

Pacific fat sleeper; Pacific sleeper shark; Fat dormouse; Fat snook; Mud sleeper; Duckbill sleeper; Ward's sleeper; Dusky sleeper; Spotted sleeper; Spinycheek sleeper; Broadhead sleeper; Sleeper ray; Fat-tailed dunnart; Fat-tailed scorpion; Fat-tailed gecko; Fat-tailed gerbil; Fat sand rat; Sandwich island sleeper; Red-lined sleeper; More

Most fat sleepers sold in pet stores are only a few inches long, but they will quickly double in size. They eat anything that can fit in their mouths, which thankfully are not enormous or expanding. More

Pacific Fat Sleeper Photos and Species Information for Fish Caught in Mexico See current, on-the-spot sportfishing reports and photographs of fish caught at Mexico's top vacation spots in this week's edition of "Mexico Fishing News" and see hundreds of other fish pictures and More

Fat sleepers are found Gulfwide, in shallow inshore brackish and coastal fresh waters. Identification & Biology: This is a stumpy little fish that looks like it has too many fins for its body. More

The Fat Sleeper Goby is a known by many common names including Jade Sleeper Goby and Striped Sleeper. It is silvery-gray in color and has iridescent horizontal lines on its face and flanks. These lines shine with green, blue, and gold. More

Common names

Barrigudo in Portuguese (Português)
Chame in Spanish (español)
Cundundé in Portuguese (Português)
Dormeur in French (français)
Dormilón in sp
dormilón manchado in Spanish (español)
Dorminhoco in Portuguese (Português)
fat sleeper in English
Gefleckte Schläfergrundel in German (Deutsch)
Gobie in Creole, French
Gobie in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Guabina in Spanish (español)
Guarasapa in Spanish (español)
guavina in Spanish (español)
guavina mapo in Spanish (español)
Jättitorkkuja in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Mapiro in Spanish (español)
Masaguan in Spanish (español)
naca in Spanish (español)
Pacific sleeper in English
Pipón in Spanish (español)
Plettet sovekutling in Danish (dansk)
Sleeper in English
Täplätorkkuja in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Ti-neg in Creole, French
Ti-neg in Creoles and Pidgins, French
脂塘鱧 in Mandarin Chinese
脂塘鳢 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Eleotridae
Genus : Dormitator
Species : Dormitator maculatus
Authority : Bloch, 1792