Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Awaous acritosus, the Roman nose goby, is a species of goby that is native to fresh water rivers and streams of Queensland, Australia and the Laloki River drainage of New Guinea.
Adults inhabit tropical freshwater streams above the tidal influence, while the larvae may be washed downstream to estuaries or the sea. The species is usually found in clear, or occasionally turbid waters, with gravelly, sandy and muddy bottoms near aquatic vegetation.
Wikipedia contributors, Awaous acritosus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:07:17.520954+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994
- Name authority
- Watson, 1994
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Awaous
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobionellinae Bleeker, 1874
- genusAwaous Valenciennes, 1837
- speciesAwaous acritosus Watson, 1994
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Awaous. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters, 1852) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| river gobyAwaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous commersoni (Schneider, 1801) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous jayakari (Boulenger, 1888) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous lateristriga (Duméril, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous stamineus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein, 1822) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous keralaensis Keith & Mennesson, 2026 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Watson, R. E. (1994). Awaous (Awaous) acritosus, a new species of freshwater goby from southern New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 5 (4): 371–376. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:K3F4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.