Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
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 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Awaous ocellaris; 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 ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Name authority
- (Broussonet, 1782)
- 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: yes · 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 ocellaris (Broussonet, 1782)
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 lateristriga (Duméril, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Awaous litturatus (Steindachner, 1861) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Chonophorus ocellaris (Broussonnet, 1782) (Broussonnet, 1782) | synonym |
| Gobius awao Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | synonym |
| Gobius ocellaris Broussonet, 1782 Broussonet, 1782 | synonym |
| Gobius punctatus Solander, 1837 Solander, 1837 | synonym |
| Gobius awaou Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | 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=277425 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:K3FX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.