Eleotris tyrrhenicus

Eleotris tyrrhenicus Temporal range: Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Eleotris
Species:	†E. tyrrhenicus
Binomial name
†Eleotris tyrrhenicus Schwarzhans et. al., 2020

Eleotris tyrrhenicus is an extinct species of sleeper goby in the genus Eleotris that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Neogene period.

Distribution

Eleotris tyrrhenicus fossils are known from Italy.^[1]

References

1. SCHWARZHANS, WERNER; AGIADI, KONSTANTINA; CARNEVALE, GIORGIO (2 September 2020). "LATE MIOCENE–EARLY PLIOCENE EVOLUTION OF MEDITERRANEAN GOBIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (3): V. 126 N. 3 (2020). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/14185. Retrieved 19 March 2025.