Awaous
| Awaous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Awaous Valenciennes, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Awaous is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from Africa to the Americas.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994 (Roman nose goby)
- Awaous aeneofuscus (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (Freshwater goby)
- Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837) (River goby)
- Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882)
- Awaous commersoni (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous fluviatilis (Visweswara Rao, 1971)
- Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
- Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
- Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
- Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867)
- Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (Largesnout goby)
- Awaous nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849)
- Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
- Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Awaous in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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