Awaous banana

Awaous banana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. banana
Binomial name
Awaous banana
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
List
    • Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837
    • Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837
    • Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860
    • Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1860
    • Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861
    • Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867
    • Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898
    • Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903

Awaous banana, the river goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish water stream and rivers from the southern United States through Central America to Venezuela and Peru. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. It is important to local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pezold, F.; Van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A.; Bouchereau, J.-L. (2019). "Awaous banana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T192933A2180099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192933A2180099.en.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous banana". FishBase. April 2013 version.


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