Gobiidae

West African freshwater goby

Awaous lateristriga

Across three salinities along the West African coast

• Tropical
• Lower river
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Awaous lateristriga, the West African freshwater goby, is a species of goby found in marine, fresh and brackish waters (though mostly in freshwaters) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Senegal to the Cunene River, Angola and also from islands in the Gulf of Guinea.