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Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10. Diagnosis: usually 18-20 scales in rearward transverse series (range 18-22); 23-30 scales around caudal peduncle; densely pigmented on dorsum and with large, dark spots on flanks (Ref. 79590).

Common Names

  • Meloco , Bube , Eq Guinea

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Awaous

    Species: Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: Gulf of Guinea islands of Bioko, Pagalu (=Annobon), São Tomé and Principe; specimens from the lower Ndian River (Cameroon), tentatively identified as A. bustamantei, are more likely A. lateristriga (Ref. 79590).

    • Biology

    Amphidromous freshwater species (Ref. 92840). The maximum size is 193 mm SL and 242 mm TL observed, but perhaps it can reach 264 mm TL (Ref. 79590).

    Habitat

    demersal