Awaous lateristriga

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Awaous lateristriga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. lateristriga
Binomial name
Awaous lateristriga
Synonyms
List
    • Gobius lateristrigaA. H. A. Duméril, 1861
    • Chonophorus lateristriga(A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
    • Gobius aeneofuscus guineensisW. K. H. Peters, 1876
    • Awaous guineensis(W. K. H. Peters, 1876)
    • Chonophorus guineensis(W. K. H. Peters, 1876)
    • Gobius guineensisW. 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. [2]

References

  1. Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Awaous lateristriga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T183156A21912369. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T183156A21912369.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous lateristriga". FishBase . April 2013 version.