''Hypseleotris'' is a genus of fishes 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 ...
. Most are from fresh water in Australia and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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, but species in fresh and
brackish
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water are found around islands in the western Indian Ocean, southern and eastern Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Pacific islands. The largest species reaches a length of . They are sometimes seen in the
aquarium
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trade; especially ''H. compressa''. In Australia they are known as carp gudgeons.
The assemblage of species of this genus which occurs in the basin of the Murray-Darling river system is made up of sexually reproducing species and hybrid lineages which consiste of a single sex and which have arisen through hybridisation, a process known as
hybridogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development ...
. The single sex species require
gametes
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from the sexual species to reproduce and could be regarded as sexual parasites and in "closed populations" this sexual parasitism can cause the extinction of such populations.
Species
The 16 recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Hypseleotris aurea
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''Hypseleotris'' is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae. Most are from fresh water in Australia and New Guinea, but species in fresh and brackish water are found around islands in the western Indian Ocean, southern and eastern Africa, s ...
Hypseleotris klunzingeri
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Steindachner
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