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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
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumAwaous 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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Gobies and Allies
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Awaous
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North, Central and South America: northern Florida, USA southward through the Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad and Tobago, and from Tamaulipas, Mexico southward to Caracas, Venezuela; central Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico southward to Tumbes, Peru.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
