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Gobiidae
Largesnout goby
Awaous melanocephalus
A black headed river fish of the Indo Pacific
- Black
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Africa
Fusiform
MediumLargesnout goby is a freshwater fish from Asia and Oceania. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Gobies and Allies
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Awaous
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia and Oceania: India, Sri Lanka, Ryukyu Islands, China, Taiwan, Viet Nam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Reported from Fiji (Ref. 12743 ). Record from Mauritius (Bleeker 1879) needs confirmation (Ref. 4343 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
