
Gobiomorphus gobioides
- Water temperature14–27 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Peter Hancock, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Peter Hancock · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The giant bully, tītarakura, or tīpokopoko (Māori), is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to New Zealand.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Giant bully”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–27 °C
Photos

(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Oscar Dove · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) William Harland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Eleotris gobioides
Similar species



Fat sleeperDormitator maculatus
Dusky sleeperEleotris fusca
- Asian sleeper
Eleotris acanthopomus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- 22 open-data records from 1922 to 1976.
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