Awaous ocellaris

Awaous ocellaris is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of southern Asia from India to the Philippines, and eastern Asia to Japan as well as the islands of Oceania. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]

Awaous ocellaris

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. ocellaris
Binomial name
Awaous ocellaris
(Broussonet, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782
  • Chonophorus ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
  • Gobius awaou Lacépède, 1800
  • Gobius punctatus Solander, 1837

References
  1. Larson, H. (2012). "Awaous ocellaris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T202833A2757088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T202833A2757088.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Awaous Awaous" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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