Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Awaous
Species: A. acritosus – A. aeneofuscus – A. banana – A. commersoni – A. flavus – A. fluviatilis – A. grammepomus – A. guamensis – A. lateristriga – A. litturatus – A. macrorhynchus – A. melanocephalus – A. nigripinnis – A. ocellaris – A. pallidus – A. personatus – A. tajasica
Name
Awaous Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837: 97
Type species: Gobius ocellaris ♂ Broussonet, 1782. Type by subsequent designation.
Synonyms
Chiramenu Rao, 1971: 183
Chonophorus Poey, 1860: 274
Euctenogobius Gill, 1859: 45
Platygobius Bleeker, 1874: 316
Suiboga Pinto, 1960:1
Trichopharynx Ogilby, 1898: 769
Awaous macrorhynchus
References
Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1837: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. 12: i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368.
Scharpf, C. 2009: Annotated checklist of North American freshwater fishes, including subspecies and undescribed forms. Part V: Sciaenidae through Achiridae (plus supplemental material). American Currents, 35(1): 1–32.
Awaous – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: River Gobies
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 19 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 fluviatilis (Rao, 1971)
Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867)
Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (Largesnout goby)
Awaous motla Seth, Roy, Sura, Puvala, Mishra & Mohapatra, 2023[2]
Awaous nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)
Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849)
Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Awaous in FishBase. November 2014 version.
Jaya Kishor Seth, Sanmitra Roy, Sameer Sura, Dilraj Puvala, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra and 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
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