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River Gobies
Awaous
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.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species

’O’opu Nākea
speciesAwaous stamineus

River Goby
speciesAwaous banana

Largesnout Goby
speciesAwaous melanocephalus

Reticulated Goby
speciesAwaous transandeanus

Spotfin River Goby
speciesAwaous ocellaris

Pacific River Goby
speciesAwaous guamensis

West African Freshwater Goby
speciesAwaous lateristriga

Roman-nose Goby
speciesAwaous acritosus

River Goby
speciesAwaous tajasica

African Freshwater Goby
speciesAwaous aeneofuscus

Awaous commersoni
speciesAwaous commersoni

Awaous grammepomus
speciesAwaous grammepomus

Awaous maculatus
speciesAwaous maculatus

Awaous bustamantei
speciesAwaous bustamantei
Awaous litturatus
speciesAwaous litturatus

Candy Cane Goby
speciesAwaous flavus
Awaous jayakari
speciesAwaous jayakari
Awaous motla
speciesAwaous motla
Awaous gutum
speciesAwaous gutum
Awaous madagascariensis
speciesAwaous madagascariensis
Awaous personatus
speciesAwaous personatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86800.