Biology:Awaous
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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 20 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 grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
- Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous gutum (Hamilton, 1822)
- Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888)
- Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
- Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
- Awaous madagascariensis (Bleeker, 1867)
- Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (Largesnout goby)
- Awaous motla Seth, Roy, Sura, Puvala, Mishra & Mohapatra, 2023[2]
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849)
- Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
- Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)
- Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861)
- Synonyms
- Awaous fluviatilis (Rao, 1971); valid as A. litturatus
- Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867); valid as A. aeneofuscus
- Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837); valid as A. commersoni
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Awaous". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Awaous.
- ↑ Jaya Kishor Seth; Sanmitra Roy; Sameer Sura; Dilraj Puvala; Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra; Anil Mohapatra (2023). "Description of A New Species of the Genus Awaous Valenciennes, 1837 (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from the middle stretch of the Mahanadi River, Odisha, India with Comments on the Awaous Species from India". Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.15598.
Wikidata ☰ Q783025 entry
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