Hephaestus (fish)

Hephaestus
Hephaestus carbo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Hephaestus de Vis, 1884
Type species
Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis, 1884 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Archeria Nichols, 1949 ArcherichthysWhitley, 1951

Hephaestus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, grunters from the family Terapontidae.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus: ^[3]

• Hephaestus adamsoni (Trewavas, 1940) (Adamson's grunter)
• Hephaestus carbo (J. D. Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) (Coal grunter)
• Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978 (Longnose sooty grunter)
• Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) (Sooty grunter)
• Hephaestus habbemai (M. C. W. Weber, 1910) (Mountain grunter)
• Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945) (Western sooty grunter)
• Hephaestus komaensis Allen & Jebb, 1993
• Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984 (Lined grunter)
• Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
• Hephaestus raymondi (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Raymond's grunter)
• Hephaestus roemeri (M. C. W. Weber, 1910) (Röemer's grunter)
• Hephaestus transmontanus (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Sepik grunter)
• Hephaestus trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883) (Threespot grunter)
• Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis, 1884 (Khaki grunter)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hephaestus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Terapontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hephaestus". FishBase . December 2019 version.