Awaous grammepomus

Awaous grammepomus, the Scribbled goby, is a species of goby native to freshwater streams and rivers and brackish estuaries from Sri Lanka to New Guinea with a report of it occurring in Palau. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Awaous grammepomus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. grammepomus
Binomial name
Awaous grammepomus
(Bleeker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Gobius grammepomus Bleeker, 1849

References

  1. Dahanukar, N. & Shaji, C.P. (2010). "Awaous grammepomus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T172413A1341458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T172413A1341458.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous grammepomus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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