Species: Eleotris picta, Spotted sleeper

Eleotris picta Kner, 1863

Spotted sleeper

Elongate, stout body; head broad, depressed; small eyes; a distinct knob at front and rear angles of eye; snout short, blunt; mouth large, broad, very oblique, lower jaw strongly protruding; teeth small, conical, no canines, in several rows on jaws; a strong, forward-pointing spine embedded in the skin at the lower rear corner of the preopercle; gill membranes broadly joined to throat, with 6 rays; two separate dorsal fins, V-VI + I, 7-8, base of 2nd dorsal < distance from the end of that base to tail fin; pectoral fin 18; anal fin I, 7-8; pelvics I, 5, long, completely separated; tail base long; tail fin round; scales small, 60-68 along side, 21-26 rows between origin of 2nd dorsal and anal fin base, 33-40 rows around tail base, smooth at front, rough at rear; top of head (except tip of snout), cheeks and opercle scaled; tiny scales between eyes; no lateral line.