Biology:Awaous flavus

From HandWiki
Revision as of 06:18, 11 February 2024 by Carolyn (talk | contribs) (simplify)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of fish

Awaous flavus
Awaous flava.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. flavus
Binomial name
Awaous flavus
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Gobius flavus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Euctenogobius badius T. N. Gill, 1859
  • Euctenogobius strigatus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
  • Gobius kraussii Steindachner, 1879
  • Awaous decemlineatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1918

Awaous flavus is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of rivers and estuaries of South America from Colombia to near the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil . Males of this species can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL while females only reach 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A.; Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Awaous flavus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T195512A2382909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195512A2382909.en. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous flavus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q951402 entry