Gobiomorphus huttoni
- Water temperature11–18 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) On Lee Lau, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by On Lee Lau · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The redfin bully is a species of freshwater fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to New Zealand. Being amphidromous, it spends part of its life cycle at sea. Males have distinctive bright red patterns and stripes on their fins. Adults grow to an average of 80–100 mm (3.1–3.9 in) total length, with a maximum of 120 mm (4.7 in).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Redfin 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: 46 records
- February: 45 records
- March: 35 records
- April: 47 records
- May: 31 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 18 records
- December: 31 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–18 °C
Photos
(c) Sebastian Doak, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Emily Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Hancock, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) taylor h, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Eleotris huttoni
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.
- 7 open-data records from 1963 to 1967.
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