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Awaous  Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 171883

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chonophorus Poey, 1860
  
    Platygobius Bleeker, 1874
  
  Common Name(s): river gobies [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderGobioidei  – gobies, gobies  
                                  FamilyGobiidae  – true gobies, gobies, gobios, gobies  
                                     GenusAwaous Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837 – river gobies  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994  
                                        Species Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters, 1852)  
                                        Species Awaous banana (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837) – gobio de río, river goby, yellow river goby 
                                        Species Awaous commersoni (Schneider in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)  
                                        Species Awaous flavus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837)  
                                        Species Awaous fluviatilis (Rao, 1971)  
                                        Species Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) – streaked river goby 
                                        Species Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837) – Pacific river goby 
                                        Species Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888)  
                                        Species Awaous lateristriga (Duméril, 1861)  
                                        Species Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861)  
                                        Species Awaous macrorhynchus (Bleeker, 1867)  
                                        Species Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)  
                                        Species Awaous nigripinnis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837)  
                                        Species Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782) – spotfin river goby 
                                        Species Awaous pallidus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837)  
                                        Species Awaous percivali (Boulenger, 1901)  
                                        Species Awaous personatus (Bleeker, 1849)  
                                        Species Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein, 1822) – river goby, sirajo 
                                        Species Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Awaous    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Awaous   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Awaous   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Awaous   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Awaous   
       

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