Gobiidae

river goby

Awaous banana

Thirty Centimeters Goby from South American Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Awaous banana, the river goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish water stream and rivers from the southern United States through Central America to Venezuela and Peru. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. It is important to local commercial fisheries.