Awaous tajasica

Awaous tajasica
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Awaous
Species: A. tajasica
Binomial name
Awaous tajasica
(M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Gobius tajasica M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1822
  • Euctenogobius latus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
  • Suiboga travassosi S. Y. Pinto, 1960

Awaous tajasica, the sand fish or sandfish, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of Brazil in South America with reports outside of Brazil considered to be questionable. This species can reach a length of 16.3 cm (6.4 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous tajasica" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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