Awaous flavus

Species of fish

Awaous flavus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous flavus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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Taxon identifiers
Awaous flavus


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