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Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849)

Description

Common Names

  • Bele , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • বেলে , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Scribbled goby , English , Bangladesh
  • Scribbled goby , English , Sri Lanka
  • 紋鰓阿胡鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 纹鳃阿胡鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Weligouva , Sinhalese , Sri Lanka
  • Bia , Tagalog , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Awaous

    Species: Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: Sri Lanka to New Guinea (Ref. 12693). Reported from Palau (Ref. 6371)

    • Biology

    Found in streams and rivers. Enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Usually associated with streams having a gravel or sand substrates. Feeds mainly on filamentous algae and Diptera (Ref. 6028) and also small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 12693). Not seen in market, but probably sold fresh (Ref. 12693).

    Habitat

    brackish