Awaous
Awaous | |
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Awaous ocellaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
Genus: | Awaous Valenciennes, 1837 |
Type species | |
Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782
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Synonyms | |
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Awaous is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. They are 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 , 1994 (Roman nose goby)
- (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (Freshwater goby)
- Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837) (River goby)
- (Greeff, 1882)
- (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- (Visweswara Rao, 1971)
- Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
- Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
- (Steindachner, 1861)
- Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867)
- Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (Largesnout goby)
- (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- (Valenciennes, 1837)
- (Bleeker, 1849)
- Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
- Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Awaous in FishBase. November 2014 version.
Categories:
- Awaous
- Gobionellinae
- Gobiiformes stubs