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Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10.

Common Names

  • Largesnout goby , English , Australia
  • Bukto , Ilokano , Philippines
  • Bunog , Ilokano , Philippines
  • Kuro-minamihaze , Japanese , Japan
  • 黑头厚唇鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑頭厚唇鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑首阿胡鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑首阿胡鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Bia , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Biang bato , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Ipon , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Batog , Visayan , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Awaous

    Species: Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia and Oceania: India, Sri Lanka, Ryukyu Islands, China, Taiwan, Viet Nam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Reported from Fiji (Ref. 12743). Record from Mauritius (Bleeker 1879) needs confirmation (Ref. 4343).

    • Biology

    Adults inhabit clear streams, often in rainforest with mud, sand or gravel bottoms (Ref. 2847). Usually occur within 50 km of the sea (Ref. 2847).

    Habitat

    freshwater