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.

Awaous
Awaous ocellaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Awaous Valenciennes, 1837
Type species
Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782
Synonyms
Awaous Steindachner, 1861 Chiramenu Visweswara Rao, 1971 Chonophorus Poey, 1860 Euctenogobius T. N. Gill, 1859 Platygobius Bleeker, 1874 Suiboga S. Y. Pinto, 1960 Trichopharynx J. D. Ogilby, 1898

Species

There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:

• 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 commersoni (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
• Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Awaous fluviatilis (Rao, 1971)
• Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) (Scribbled goby)
• Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Awaous lateristriga (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (West African freshwater goby)
• Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)
• Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867)
• Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) (Largesnout goby)
• Awaous nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
• Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849)
• Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
• Awaous tajasica (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822) (Sand fish)