Awaous flavus

Awaous flavus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Awaous
Species:	A. flavus
Binomial name
	Awaous flavus; (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
	Gobius flavus Valenciennes, 1837; Euctenogobius badius T. N. Gill, 1859; Euctenogobius strigatus O'Shaughnessy, 1875; Gobius kraussii Steindachner, 1879; Awaous decemlineatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1918;

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]

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous flavus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[IUCN-1] 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.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous flavus". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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