WoRMS taxon details
Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837)
277417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277417)
accepted
Species
Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted
Awaous transandaneus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted
Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867 · unaccepted
Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903 · unaccepted
Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
(of Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Awaous banana (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277417 on 2026-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867) Cope, E. D. (1867). Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13): 400-407.
page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898) Evermann, B. W. (1898). Notes on fishes collected by E. W. Nelson on the Tres Marias islands and in Sinaloa and Jalisco, Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 12: 1-3. [details]
original description (of Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
page(s): 403 [details]
original description (of Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898) Evermann, B. W. (1898). Notes on fishes collected by E. W. Nelson on the Tres Marias islands and in Sinaloa and Jalisco, Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 12: 1-3. [details]
original description (of Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Awaous banana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Awaous transandeanus) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous transandaneus (Günther, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To NHMUK collection (Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2588165) (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To NHMUK collection (Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591894) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Awaous nelsoni RAD108544-001) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Awaous nelsoni RAD108544-001) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Awaous banana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Awaous transandeanus) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chonophorus bucculentus Poey, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous transandaneus (Günther, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Chonophorus contractus Poey, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius dolichocephalus Cope, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius martinicus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius guentheri Regan, 1903)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Gobius banana Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (74 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Awaous transandeanus (Günther, 1861))
To NHMUK collection (Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2588165) (from synonym Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861)
To NHMUK collection (Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591894) (from synonym Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Awaous nelsoni RAD108544-001) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Awaous nelsoni RAD108544-001) (from synonym Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898)
To ITIS
