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Candy Cane Goby
Gregoire Germeau, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Candy Cane Goby

Awaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCandy Cane Goby
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Scientific nameAwaous flavus (Valenciennes, 1837)

About this species

Awaous flavus is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of rivers and estuaries of South America from Colombia to near the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Males of this species can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL while females only reach 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyGobiidae
GenusAwaous

In Suriname

25Records in Suriname
1868First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini14
  • Marowijne3
  • Commewijne1
  • Nickerie1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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