#2238 · 🐟 fish
Chinese Sleeper
🇳🇱 Amoergrondel ·Perccottus glenii
📍 Сысертский р-н, Свердловская обл., Россия
📍 Бежецкий р-н, Тверская обл., Россия
📍 Ангарская улица дом 49, Москва, Россия, 125412
📍 Москва, ЮЗАО, 36й км МКАД, зона отдыха, Москва, Россия, 117463
📍 Москва, Россия, 105187
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andshel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Koptelefoon001 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Alexander A. Fomichev · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Александр Химин · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Сысертский р-н, Свердловская обл., Россия:© Игорь Васильевич Фадеев · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Бежецкий р-н, Тверская обл., Россия:© Антон Виноградов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ангарская улица дом 49, Москва, Россия, 125412:© Артур Крылов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Москва, ЮЗАО, 36й км МКАД, зона отдыха, Москва, Россия, 117463:© captainclover · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Москва, Россия, 105187:© Артур Крылов · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Chinese sleeper ( Perccottus glenii ), also known as the Amur sleeper , is a species of freshwater sleeper native to Amur River basin in eastern Asia with introduced populations in other regions of Eurasia. It is currently the only known member of its genus.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,453 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Benedykt Dybowski in 1877 (149 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Chinese Sleeper
- Nederlands
- Amoergrondel
- scientific name
- Perccottus glenii
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gobiiformes
- family
- Odontobutidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,111
- sightings worldwide
- 1,453
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1877 by Benedykt Dybowski
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 437871, Wikidata Q10623625, GBIF 2390064, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.