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Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 26. A black ocellus on the posterior part of the first dorsal fin. Upper jaw thick and slightly extended. The cheek and upper portion of operculum scaled.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Awaous

Species: Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: India to the Philippines and north to Japan. Oceania: Fiji (Ref. 12743); French Polynesia (Ref. 12792); and, New Caledonia and Vanuatu (Ref. 38002).

    • Biology

    Found on fine gravel bottoms from estuaries to fresh water of rivers.

    Habitat

    freshwater