| Citation | Fricke, R., T. Mulachau, P. Durville, P. Chabanet, E. Tessier and Y. Letourneur, 2009, Annotated checklist of the fish species (Pisces) of La Réunion, including a Red List of threatened and declining species.. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. A, N. Ser., 2:1-168. |
| Ref. | 82332 Fricke, R., T. Mulachau, P. Durville, P. Chabanet, E. Tessier and Y. Letourneur, 2009 |
| Page | 99 |
| Named Used as Valid | Awaous commersoni |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Endemic to islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean: Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Comores, Madagascar. |
| Quote | First record from Réunion as Gobius commersonii by Smith (1959a: 215); previously described as G. nigripinnis by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1837: 101), and listed as G. ocellaris (non Broussonet, 1782) by Guichenot (1863: C27); record confirmed by Fricke (1999:499-500), based on MHNRUN and MNHN material. |