褐塘鳢（学名：Eleotris fusca）为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目塘鳢科塘鳢属的鱼类，俗名棕色塘鳢。

本鱼分布于东至大洋洲、北至琉球群岛、南至南太平洋诸岛、西至非洲东海岸、台湾本岛以及广东沿海和江河下游等，属于暖水性底层鱼类。其主要生活于淡水河川中。该物种的模式产地在新赫布里底群岛。

The dusky sleeper or brown spinecheek gudgeon (Eleotris fusca) is a species of sleeper goby found in many Indo-West Pacific regions, where it can be found in lagoons, estuaries, and freshwater streams with muddy bottoms. This species can reach a length of 26 cm (10 in).