Awaous flavus
Awaous flavus is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of rivers and estuaries of South America from Colombia to near the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL while females only reach 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Awaous |
| Species: | A. flavus |
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| Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837) | |
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References
- Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Awaous flavus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195512A2382909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195512A2382909.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous flavus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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