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Awaous lateristriga in Togo
West African freshwater goby

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Awaous lateristriga   (Duméril, 1861)
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobionellinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	West African freshwater goby
Max. size:	26.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4343)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: St. Louis, Senegal to the Cunene River, Angola and from the islands of Gulf of Guinea. Reported from the East Coast drainage of Africa (Ref. 4967).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 9-10. Upper jaw slightly hangs over lower jaw. Upper lip thick. Head broader than deep. Caudal fin rounded.
Biology:	Occur usually in fresh waters, but occasionally encountered in brackish waters of intermittent streams during dry seasons. Also found in flooded fields and marginal swamps along courses of streams and rivers
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Miller, P.J.. 1990. (Ref. 5299)
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Togo country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Occurs in the Mono River (Ref. 13331).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/to.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Watson, R.E., 1996
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	Modified:  Sa-a, Pascualita	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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