Awaous

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Awaous
Awaous ocellaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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.

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