Awaous banana

Awaous banana
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Awaous
Species:	A. banana
Binomial name
	Awaous banana; (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
	List Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837 ; Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837 ; Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860 ; Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1860 ; Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861 ; Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867 ; Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898 ; Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903 ; ;

Awaous 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.^[2]

References

^ Pezold, F.; Van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A.; Bouchereau, J.-L. (2019). "Awaous banana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T192933A2180099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192933A2180099.en.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous banana". FishBase. April 2013 version.