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Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Description

Common Names

  • 橙黃阿胡鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 橙黄阿胡鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Awaous

    Species: Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Río Atrato, Colombia, to Belém, Brazil near the mouth of the Amazon River, all Atlantic slope drainages.

    • Biology

    Observed from estuaries and river deltas over sand and mud bottoms. Feeds by filtering the substrate or by selectively catching prey. Collected in large numbers during reproduction in shallow flowing water (Ref. 26240).

    Habitat

    brackish