Upland bully

Upland bully
Male
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Gobiomorphus
Species:
G. breviceps
Binomial name
Gobiomorphus breviceps
(Stokell, 1939)
Approximate known distribution (in orange) of the upland bully on a map of New Zealand
Synonyms
  • Philypnodon breviceps Stokell, 1939

The upland bully (Gobiomorphus breviceps) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to freshwater habitats in New Zealand. Both sexes have distinctive orange-brown dots all over the head. Adults generally reach a length of 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in).