Awaous tajasica

Awaous tajasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Awaous
Species:
A. tajasica
Binomial name
Awaous tajasica
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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pezold, F.; Van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A.; Bouchereau, J.-L.; Daniels, A. (2019). "Awaous tajasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T185940A1792427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T185940A1792427.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous tajasica". FishBase. April 2013 version.