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Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837)

River goby
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Common names: Gobio de río, River goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero, Morelos, Chiapas, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Tabasco (Ref. 13444). Found in the Ayuquila River, below the Atlán valley (Ref. 27639).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology:   More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico.   Tropical; 23°C - 34°C (Ref. 36880)

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