Biology:Awaous commersoni

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Awaous commersoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. commersoni
Binomial name
Awaous commersoni
(J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Gobius commersoni Schneider, 1801
  • Gobius niger Lacepède, 1800

Awaous commersoni, or Commerson's freshwater goby, is a species of goby found on islands in the south-western Indian Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 25.0 cm (9.8 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French naturalist Philibert Commerçon (also spelled Commerson, 1727–1773), it is a replacement name for Gobius niger Lacepède 1800 it was based on Commerçon's manuscript description, “Gobius totus niger …”), preoccupied by G. niger Linnaeus 1758 (Gobiidae). [4]

References

  1. Larson, H. (2020). "Awaous commersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T57509025A58341446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T57509025A58341446.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57509025/58341446. Retrieved 24 December 2023. 
  2. Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006. Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce des Comores, Mascareignes et Seychelles. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines naturels, 65:250p.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Awaous commersoni" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. "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 ☰ Q3759272 entry