Hypseleotris cyprinoides
| Hypseleotris cyprinoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Hypseleotris |
| Species: | H. cyprinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837) | |
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Hypseleotris cyprinoides, the tropical carp-gudgeon or tropical bitterling-gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in fresh, brackish, and marine coastal waters from Africa through southern Asia to the Pacific Islands. This amphidromous species can reach a length of 8 cm (3.1 in). It has been extirpated from the Indian Ocean island of Réunion,