Awaous banana

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Gobiiformes

Family:Oxudercidae

Awaous banana
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Awaous
Species:	A. banana
Binomial name
Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
List Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837 Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837 Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860 Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1860 Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861 Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867 Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898 Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903

Awaous banana, the river goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish water stream and rivers from the southern United States through Central America to Venezuela and Peru. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. It is important to local commercial fisheries.^[2]