Awaous grammepomus is a valid scientific name.

Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849 Aug)

- Bele - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Perciformes
Family	:	Gobiidae
Genus	:	Awaous
Species	:	Awaous grammepomus

Common Names:

English	:	Data not available
Bangla	:	Bele[5]

Synonyms:

Gobius grammepomus Bleeker, 1849 Aug
Awaous personatus (Non Bleeker, 1849 Aug)
Chonophorus melanocephalus (Non Bleeker, 1849 Aug)
Gobius personatus (Non Bleeker, 1849 Aug)
Awaous macropterus (Non Duncker, 1912)

Maximum Length and Weight:

75 m (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.3-4.8 : 3.4-3.8 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.2-6.5 : 4.3-5.2 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 5.6-6 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.5-2 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1-1.3 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D₁. VI; D₂. I/10-11; P₁. 15-16; A. I/10-11; C. 13 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D VI+I 10; A I 10-11; P i 14-16 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

52-55 scales on lateral line. [5]

Cycloid. 50-52 scales on lateral line. 13-15 scales before dorsal fin base. [6]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [539]
Bangladesh	:	Vulnerable (VU)	(Version 3.1) [237]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[70] Cambodia[823] China[841] India[6] Indonesia[449] Philippines[449] Sri Lanka[90]
Bangladesh	:	Dakatia river, Chandpur[5] Meghna river, Chandpur[5] Belua river, Pirojpur[1207]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available