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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Guavina: A name from Taíno language, cited by Las Casas: " hay otros peces que llaman guabinas, la media sílaba, breve". From the root "gua" = it, the. "There are other fishes that are named guabina, the middle syllabe, short".
More on author: Ginsburg.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hoese, D.F., 1995. Eleotridae. Durmientes. p. 1062-1064. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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