Gilbert's grunter

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Gilbert's grunter
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Pingalla
Species:
P. gilberti
Binomial name
Pingalla gilberti
Whitley, 1955

Gilbert's grunter (Pingalla gilberti) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is known from the Norman, Gilbert, and Flinders Rivers. [2]

This grunter was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1955, the specific name honours the English naturalist and explorer John Gilbert (1812-1845) after whom the type locality of this species, the Gilbert River, is also named. [3]

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References

  1. Brooks, S.; Ebner, B. (2019). "Pingalla gilberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T17287A123378653. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17287A123378653.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pingalla gilberti" in FishBase . December 2019 version.
  3. Martin F. Gomon. "Pingalla gilberti". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 9 May 2020.