Roman nose goby (Awaous acritosus)

Scientific name: Awaous acritosus Watson, 1994

The Roman nose goby (Awaous acritosus) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae.

Biology

Found in streams and rivers of lowland regions, above tidal influence. Collected from generally clear waters (sometimes in turbid waters), over bottoms usually consisting of gravel, sand and some mud. Feeds mostly on algae and bottom detritus. Little is known of the life history, but it probably has a marine larval stage. Only recently described, although it has long been misidentified as Awaous crassilabrus, a species that does not occur in Australia.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Awaous acritosus
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
18.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Oceania: currently known only from northeastern Queensland, Australia between Mulgrave River (17?07'S) and Cooktown (15?28'S), and Laloki River drainage of southern New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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