| Taxon | Awaous |
|---|---|
| Authority | Valenciennes, 1837 |
| Type species | Gobius ocellaris |
| Type species authority | Broussonet, 1782 |
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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 21 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- 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 dayi Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous commersoni (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
- Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888)
- Awaous keralaensis Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
- Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
- Awaous madagascariensis (Bleeker, 1867)
- Awaous myanmarensis Keith & Mennesson, 2026[2]
- Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
- Awaous stoliczkae (Day, 1871)[2]
- Awaous striatus (Day, 1868)[2]
- Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)
- Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861)
- Synonyms
- Awaous fluviatilis (Rao, 1971); valid as A. litturatus
- Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867); valid as A. aeneofuscus
- Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849); valid as A. grammepomus[2]
- Awaous motla Seth, Roy, Sura, Puvala, Mishra & Mohapatra, 2023; valid as A. striatus[2]
- Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837); valid as A. commersoni
- Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849); valid as A. grammepomus[2]
References
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- ^ Keith, P. & Mennesson, M. I. (2026). "Review of Awaous (Teleostei: Oxudercidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands with description of three new species". Cybium. 50 (1): 11–47. doi:10.26028/cybium/2025-037