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Awaous melanocephalus (Largesnout goby)

Synonyms: Chonophorus melanocephalus; Chonorphorus melanocephalus; Gobius melanocephalus
Language: Ilokano; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Tagalog; Visayan

Wikipedia Abstract

Awaous melanocephalus, the largesnout goby, is a species of goby that is native to fresh water rivers and streams of India, Sri Lanka, Ryukyu Islands, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Some suggestions has been recorded from Fiji islands and Mauritius, but not confirmed yet. Adults inhabit in freshwater streams with clear waters, and some muddy bottoms. It is about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
New Guinea North Coast Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aonchotheca philippinensis <Unverified Name>[2]
Capillaria philippinensis <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0