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Pacific fat sleeper

Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844)

Status not recordedbony fish

The Pacific fat sleeper (Dormitator latifrons) is a species in the family Eleotridae, order Gobiiformes.

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Quick facts about the Pacific fat 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 Pacific fat sleeper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Pacific fat sleeper as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

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 Pacific fat 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 Pacific fat sleeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyEleotridae
  6. genusDormitator
  7. SpeciesDormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844)

Synonyms Dormitator latifrons mexicanus, Eleotris latifrons, Hemieleotris carmenensis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • hlavačka širokočeláCzech
  • ChameSpanish
  • Guavina-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • 側葉脂塘鱧Chinese
  • Camote del PacíficoSpanish
  • Chococo del PacíficoSpanish
  • Dormilón gordo del PacíficoSpanish
  • GuavinaSpanish
  • Pez grasa del PacíficoSpanish
  • PoyocoSpanish
  • puyekiSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Pacific fat sleeper

Other species in the same genus Dormitator.

Fat sleeper

Dormitator maculatus

EleotridaeNo free photo yet

Clay goby

Dormitator lebretonis

EleotridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the Pacific fat sleeper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Pacific fat sleeper as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the Pacific fat sleeper?

The Pacific fat sleeper (Dormitator latifrons) belongs to the family Eleotridae in the order Gobiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pacific fat sleeper (Dormitator latifrons). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-fat-sleeper

MLA

“Pacific fat sleeper (Dormitator latifrons).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-fat-sleeper.

BibTeX
@misc{pacific_fat_sleeper_2026,
  title = {Pacific fat sleeper (Dormitator latifrons)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-fat-sleeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}