Awaous lateristriga (Duméril, 1861)
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 lateristriga, the West African freshwater goby, is a species of goby found in marine, fresh and brackish waters (though mostly in freshwaters) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Senegal to the Cunene River, Angola and also from islands in the Gulf of Guinea. This species can reach a length of 26.4 centimetres (10.4 in) TL.
Wikipedia contributors, Awaous lateristriga; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:07:25.711563+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Awaous lateristriga (Duméril, 1861)
- Name authority
- (Duméril, 1861)
- 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 lateristriga (Duméril, 1861)
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 acritosus Watson, 1994 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobius lateristriga Duméril, 1861 Duméril, 1861 | synonym |
| Gobius aeneofuscus guineensis Peters, 1876 Peters, 1876 | synonym |
| Chonophorus guineensis (Peters, 1876) (Peters, 1876) | synonym |
| Gobius guineensis Peters, 1876 Peters, 1876 | synonym |
| Awaous guineensis (Peters, 1876) (Peters, 1876) | synonym |
| Chonophorus lateristriga (Duméril, 1861) (Duméril, 1861) | synonym |
| Chonophorus bustamantei (Greeff, 1882) (Greeff, 1882) | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219387 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:K3FN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.