Awaous lateristriga

Awaous lateristriga
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Awaous
Species: A. lateristriga
Binomial name
Awaous lateristriga
(A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Gobius lateristriga A. H. A. Duméril, 1861
  • Chonophorus lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
  • Gobius aeneofuscus guineensis W. K. H. Peters, 1876
  • Awaous guineensis (W. K. H. Peters, 1876)
  • Chonophorus guineensis (W. K. H. Peters, 1876)
  • Gobius guineensis W. K. H. Peters, 1876

Awaous lateristriga, the West African freshwater goby, is a species of goby found in marine, fresh and brackish waters (though mostly in freshwaters) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Senegal to the Cunene River, Angola and also from islands in the Gulf of Guinea. This species can reach a length of 26.4 centimetres (10.4 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous lateristriga" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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