''Giuris margaritacea'', the snakehead gudgeon, Aporos sleeper, or ornate sleeper, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of fish in the family

Eleotridae Eleotridae is a family of fish commonly known as sleeper gobies, with about 34 genera and 180 species. Most species are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, but there are also species in subtropical and temperate regions, warmer parts of th ...

found in marine, brackish, and fresh waters from

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...

. This species grows to a total length of with a maximum recorded weight of . This species is important to the local peoples as a food fish. This species is the only known member of the genus ''Giuris''.

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Eleotridae Monotypic fish genera Fish described in 1837 Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Gobiiformes-stub