Awaous
| Awaous | |
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| Awaous ocellaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Awaous Valenciennes, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782 | |
| 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
[edit]There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- 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 dayi Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous commersoni (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
- Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888)
- Awaous keralaensis Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
- Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
- Awaous madagascariensis (Bleeker, 1867)
- Awaous myanmarensis Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
- Awaous stoliczkae (Day, 1871)[2]
- Awaous striatus (Day, 1868)[2]
- 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 melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849); valid as A. grammepomus[2]
- Awaous motla Seth, Roy, Sura, Puvala, Mishra & Mohapatra, 2023; valid as A. striatus[2]
- Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837); valid as A. commersoni
- Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849); valid as A. grammepomus[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Awaous". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Keith, P.; Mennesson, M. I. (2026). "Review of Awaous (Teleostei: Oxudercidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands with description of three new species". Cybium. 50 (1): 11–47. doi:10.26028/cybium/2025-037.
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