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Amur sleeper

Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877

Status not recordedbony fish

The amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) is a species in the family Odontobutidae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the amur sleeper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the amur sleeper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the amur sleeper as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 9 of them.

  1. Belarusinvasive
  2. Bulgariainvasive
  3. Latviainvasive
  4. Moldovainvasive
  5. Polandinvasive
  6. Romaniainvasive
  7. Russiainvasive
  8. Slovakiainvasive
  9. Ukraineinvasive
  10. Croatia
  11. Estonia
  12. Finland
  13. Germany
  14. Kazakhstan
  15. Lithuania
  16. Mongolia
  17. Serbia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the amur sleeper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the amur sleeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyOdontobutidae
  6. genusPerccottus
  7. SpeciesPerccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877

Synonyms Eleotris dybowskii, Eleotris pleskei, Perccottus glehni, Percottus glehni, Percottus pleskei

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Chinese sleeperEnglish
  • 老头鱼Chinese
  • hlavačkovec GlenůvCzech
  • Kinesisk sovekutlingDanish
  • AmurgrundeGerman
  • kaugida unimudilEstonian
  • rohmutokkoFinnish
  • Goujon de l'AmourFrench
  • amurgébHungarian
  • マンシュウドンコJapanese
  • 발기Korean
  • Nuodėgulinis grundalasLithuanian
  • RotansLatvian
  • AmoergrondelDutch
  • TrawiankaPolish
  • РотанRussian
  • Býčkovec amurskýSlovak
  • amursömnfiskSwedish
  • Ротань-головешкаUkrainian
  • 葛氏鲈塘鳢Chinese
  • Amur-SchläfergrundelGerman
  • Chinesische SchläfergrundelGerman
  • головешкаRussian
  • головешка-ротанRussian
  • ротан-головешкаRussian
  • Головешка амурськаUkrainian
  • 葛氏鱸塘鱧Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the amur sleeper

Other species in the same family Odontobutidae.

CompareAmur sleeper vs Haifeng sleeperAmur sleeper vs Odontobutis platycephalaAmur sleeper vs Micropercops swinhonisAmur sleeper vs Neodontobutis aurarmus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the amur sleeper an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the amur sleeper as invasive in 9 countries, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova and Poland. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

What kind of animal is the amur sleeper?

The amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) belongs to the family Odontobutidae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-sleeper

MLA

“Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-sleeper.

BibTeX
@misc{amur_sleeper_2026,
  title = {Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amur-sleeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}