Awaous ocellaris

Awaous ocellaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Awaous
Species: A. Awaous
Binomial name
Awaous ocellaris
(Broussonet, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782
  • Chonophorus ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
  • Gobius awaou Lacépède, 1800
  • Gobius punctatus Solander, 1837

Awaous ocellaris is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of southern Asia from India to the Philippines, and eastern Asia to Japan as well as the islands of Oceania. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. Larson, H. 2012. Awaous ocellaris. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 30 July 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous Awaous" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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