Description

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Common Names

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River Goby , English , Cuba

River goby , English , Puerto Rico

River goby , English , USA

Sand fish , English , Trinidad Tobago

Virtatokko , Finnish , Finland

拉美阿胡鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

拉美阿胡鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Saga , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Sirajo , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Awaous

Species: Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein, 1822)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: found only in Brazil from Piaui southward to Santa Catarina. Central America: questionable reports from Florida in USA and Antilles to Central America (Ref. 7251).

Biology

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Found in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. Occurs in brackish water in seasonally intermittent streams.

Habitat

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brackish