Eleotridae

plural noun

El·​e·​o·​tri·​dae

ˌelēˈō‧trəˌdē

: a large widely distributed family of chiefly small fishes comprising the sleepers that are closely related to and sometimes included among the gobies from which they are distinguished by pelvic fins that are separate and do not form a cup or disk

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Eleotris, type genus (from Greek eleōtris, a fish of the Nile river) + -idae

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