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Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11.

Common Names

  • Jolpot , Creole, French , Martinique
  • River goby , English , Belize
  • River goby , English , Mexico
  • River goby , English , USA
  • River goby , English , USA
  • 巴那納阿胡鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 巴那纳阿胡鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Gobio de río , Spanish , Mexico
  • Guavina , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Lamearena , Spanish , Costa Rica
  • Lameplato , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Oliva , Spanish , Puerto Rico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Awaous

    Species: Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • North, Central and South America: northern Florida, USA southward through the Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad and Tobago, and from Tamaulipas, Mexico southward to Caracas, Venezuela; central Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico southward to Tumbes, Peru.

    • Biology

    Inhabits clear streams and rivers over sand and gravel, but also found in turbid waters with muddy bottoms. Prefers clear flowing, well oxygenated streams. Feeds mainly on filamentous algae (Ref. 13444).

    Habitat

    brackish