Awaous commersoni

Awaous commersoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Awaous
Species:	A. commersoni
Binomial name
Awaous commersoni (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
Gobius commersoni Schneider, 1801 Gobius niger Lacepède, 1800

Awaous commersoni, or Commerson's freshwater goby, is a species of goby found on islands in the south-western Indian Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 25.0 cm (9.8 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French naturalist Philibert Commerçon (also spelled Commerson, 1727–1773), it is a replacement name for Gobius niger Lacepède 1800 it was based on Commerçon's manuscript description, “Gobius totus niger …”), preoccupied by G. niger Linnaeus 1758 (Gobiidae). [4]

References

1. Larson, H. (2020). "Awaous commersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57509025A58341446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T57509025A58341446.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
2. Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006. Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce des Comores, Mascareignes et Seychelles. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines naturels, 65:250p.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Awaous commersoni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.