Awaous flavus anyone?

[PlaamooParticipant]

I stopped a funky little shop in Seattle yesterday and found these. Mr. Liam(shop keeper) says they’re dragon gobies. After a bit of searching, they look like these to me.
http://gobiidae.com/species_pages/awaous_flavus.htm

Anyone have any experience with these. They looked a little agressive in the shop tanks but if you could see these tanks!!

[HokumParticipant]

QUOTE (plaamoo @ Apr 13 2011, 08:17 PM) < {POST_SNAPBACK}>

I stopped a funky little shop in Seattle yesterday and found these. Mr. Liam(shop keeper) says they’re dragon gobies. After a bit of searching, they look like these to me.

They looks like brackish Gobies to me. Their such a poorly documented clade they could be from also anywhere. They remind me of some s.e.a. brackish species which are very similar looking.

[MattKeymaster]

Id looks ok based on photos I have stored Jim but agree it could be some other member of the genus. Awaous spp. are amphidromous, same as Stiphodon, aren’t they?

[PlaamooParticipant]

This is the first I’ve heard of them Matt so only know what little I’ve found on the net. Amphdromous & naturally brackish it seems. Pics are poor but best I could do under the circumstances. These are being kept in freshwater tanks. This place is one of a kind! Dark old building in an alley. Tanks WAY overstocked with whatever fits. You never know what you’ll find??

[PlaamooParticipant]

A very interesting article these and breeding amphidromous fish.
http://gobiidae.com/breeding_awaous.htm

[torsoParticipant]

2012 some interesting species are to be expected from Brazil (new list of IBAMA)
Awaous flavus is one. Nice chaps

a male

and a female

not brackish at all. the river’s coming down the hills are soft water-types (Info P. Sewer). As the species is amphidromus they should do in brackish water as well? Mine came in with Kh 1 and seem to feel alright in Kh 4-6.
Cheers Charles

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[PlaamooParticipant]

These are being marketed here as awaous strigatus. I’ve no idea if this is correct??? Nice looking fish I’d love to have some!

[torsoParticipant]

it’s the same species, Jim. there are 5 different synonyms: euctenogobius badius, e. strigatus, gobio flavus, g. kraussii, awaous decemlineatus. awaous strigatus is definetely wrong
cheers Charles

[PlaamooParticipant]

Thanks for that Charles!

[MattKeymaster]

Nice Charles – are they peaceful with one another?

The fish originally pictured by Jim look different?

[PlaamooParticipant]

^Yes I agree Matt.

[torsoParticipant]

Mine looked alike when they came in. I find it difficult to judge.
they are quite “actif” in the group, more than the rhinogobius I have. Means: the dominant male is in front of the tank, keeping the others in the background. But not really agressive, though
Cheers Charles

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