Image: Sleepy Cod, Oxyeleotris lineolata

A Sleepy Cod caught in Jasper Gorge, Victoria River drainage, Northern Territory, 11 June 1978.

Photographer:

Doug Hoese

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Sleepy Cod

Scientific name:

Oxyeleotris lineolata

Family:

Eleotridae

Order:

Perciformes

Additional information

The fish is now part of the Australian Museum ichthyology collection (AMS I.20848-001).

Last Updated: 14 March 2013

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Eleotridae, Oxyeleotris lineolata, Sleepy Cod, brown, long, 30 cm - 1 m, no pattern, freshwater, soft substrate,