THE GENUS ELEOTRIS BLOCH & SCHNEIDER 1801 IN ESTUARIAL AND COASTAL AREAS OF NGHE AN PROVINCE, VIETNAM

Abstract

On the basis of analysing and identifying 31 specimens of the genus Eleotris Bloch & Schneider 1801 collected in seven estuarial and coastal areas of Nghe An province, they were asigned to three species (Eleotris fusca Forster 1801, Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 1853, Eleotris oxycephala Temminck & Schlegel 1845) and one phenon (Eleotris cf. melanosoma). This paper was the first record of distribution of the species Eleotris oxycephala in the study areas and the North Central Part of Vietnam.