Awaous bustamantei explained

Awaous bustamantei is a species of goby found in Africa.^[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Brazilian slave trader Gabriel de Bustamenté, who collected the type specimen, and the owner of the farm situated on São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, the type locality.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Harrison, I.J., P.J. Miller and F. Pezold, 2008. Gobiidae. p. 492-544. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume 2 / Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale. Volume 2. Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales 42. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France), Musée Royal de l’Afrique Central, Tervuren (Belgium), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris (France). 603 pp.
2. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h) . 11 April 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.