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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Gobiiformes (Gobies) >
Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: fittkaui: 'fittkaui', i.e., named in honor of Ernst Josef Fittkau (Ref. 93348).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93348)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 26. This species can be distingished by the following set of characters: D1 fin pterygiophores insertion pattern 3-121110; vertebrae 11+15=26; D and A fin pterygiophores 7; and caudal fin with parhypural (Ref. 93348).
Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Roberts, T.R., 2013. Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 19(2):85-98. (Ref. 93348)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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