Awaous Explained

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:

• 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^[1]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. 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