Biology:Awaous bustamantei
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Awaous |
| Species: | A. bustamantei
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| Binomial name | |
| Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882)
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Awaous bustamantei is a species of goby found in Africa.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 19.3 cm (7.6 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Brazilian slave trader Gabriel de Bustamenté, who collected the type specimen, and the owner of the farm situated on São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, the type locality. [4]
References
- ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Awaous bustamantei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T182005A174795527. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182005A174795527.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/182005/174795527. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ Harrison, I.J., P.J. Miller and F. Pezold, 2008. Gobiidae. p. 492-544. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume 2 / Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale. Volume 2. Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales 42. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France), Musée Royal de l’Afrique Central, Tervuren (Belgium), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris (France). 603 pp.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Awaous bustamantei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5503126 entry
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