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View Mode View All Pictures Species Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker 1849)    Awaous melanocephalus was originally described as Gobius melanocephalus by Bleeker in 1849. It belongs to the family Oxudercidae. It is commonly known as Largesnout goby but has many other common names such as in Australia as Largesnout goby, in Japan as Kuro-minamihaze, in Philippines as Bia, in Philippines as Biang bato, in Philippines as Batog, in Philippines as Bukto. more common names It is found in Fresh and Brackish water and its distribution is Asia and Oceania.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanocephalus AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] AuthorNI   Bleeker Qualification   --- Year   1849 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Gobiiformes Gobiiformes Family   Oxudercidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Awaous Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Gobiiformes Family   Oxudercidae Genus   Awaous Original Name   Gobius         Taxon Name   melanocephalus Original Combination   Gobius melanocephalus Original Genus   Gobius Original Genus Species   Gobius melanocephalus OriginalSubGenus   Gobius Original Author   Bleeker Original AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1849 Original Family   Gobiidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Bogowonto River, Purworedjo [Purworejo], Java, Indonesia. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   RMNH 33132 Page   33 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Awaous --- Current Genus   Awaous Current AuthorWI   Wu [H.-W.] Current AuthorNI   Wu Current Year   1849 Current Family   Oxudercidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Fresh and Brackish water     Distribution Asia and Oceania. Current Summary   Valid as Awaous melanocephalus  (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae.   Name History   • Valid as Chonophorus melanocephalus  (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:365 [ref. 6218]). • Valid as Awaous melanocephalus  (Bleeker 1849) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:574 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:175 [ref. 21090], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:469 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Nakabo 2000:1196 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1196 [ref. 26193], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (45 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acritosus Awaous (Awaous) acritosus Watson [R. E.] 1994 Synonym acritosus Awaous acritosus Watson [R. E.] 1994 Valid aeneofuscus Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters [W. C. H.] 1852) Valid awaou Awaous awaou (Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800) Synonym badius Awaous badius (Gill [T. N.] 1859) Synonym banana Awaous banana (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837) Valid bucculentus Awaous bucculentus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym bustamantei Awaous bustamantei (Greeff [R.] 1882) Valid commersoni Awaous commersoni (Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801) Valid contractus Awaous contractus (Poey [F.] 1861) Synonym crassilabris Awaous crassilabris (Günther [A.] 1861) Synonym decemlineatus Awaous decemlineatus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1918 Synonym dolichocephalus Awaous dolichocephalus (Cope [E. D.] 1867) Synonym flavus Awaous flavus (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837) Valid fluviatilis Awaous fluviatilis (Rao [V. V.] 1971) Valid gobiusinnis Awaous gobiusinnis Wang [K. F.] & Wang [S.-C.] 1935 Uncertain grammepomus Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker [P.] 1849) Valid guamensis Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837) Valid guentheri Awaous guentheri (Regan [C. T.] 1903) Synonym guineensis Awaous guineensis (Peters [W. C. H.] 1876) Synonym gutum Awaous gutum (Hamilton [F.] 1822) Synonym jayakari Awaous jayakari (Boulenger [G. A.] 1888) Valid kraussii Awaous kraussii (Steindachner [F.] 1879) Synonym lateristriga Awaous lateristriga (Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861) Valid latus Awaous latus (O'Shaughnessy [A. W. E.] 1875) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (45 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…