Eleotris sandwicensis

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Eleotris sandwicensis

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Eleotris
Species:
E. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Eleotris sandwicensis
Vaillant & Sauvage
, 1875
ʻoʻopu akupa (Eleotris sandwicensis) in its natural environment on Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi

commercial fisheries and is also used as bait by fishermen after larger fishes.[4] In the Hawaiian language
, the fish is also known as oʻopu, ʻoau, ʻowau, and hiʻu kole.

The distribution of E. sandwicensis is limited as this species does not have the ability to travel upstream of steep waterfalls.[5] This is due to their lack of pelvic fins.[5]

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