Awaous flavus

Awaous flavus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Awaous
Species: A. flavus
Binomial name
Awaous flavus
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Gobius flavus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Euctenogobius badius T. N. Gill, 1859
  • Euctenogobius strigatus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
  • Gobius kraussii Steindachner, 1879
  • Awaous decemlineatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1918

Awaous flavus is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of rivers and estuaries of South America from Colombia to near the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL while females only reach 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous flavus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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