| Hephaestus | |
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| Hephaestus carbo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Hephaestus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, grunters from the family Terapontidae.
The following species are classified within the genus: [3]
The Bloomfield River cod or the tropical nightfish, is a species of temperate perch endemic to Australia. It is only found in an 11-km stretch of the Bloomfield River in northern Queensland. These waterfalls appear to have blocked the migration of more aggressive tropical freshwater fish species such as the sooty grunter that have presumably naturally displaced the Bloomfield River cod from its former range in prehistoric times. With its very limited distribution, the Bloomfield River cod is clearly a relict species. It is a very important relict species, however, as it is the most northerly distributed percichthyid species in Australia and raises interesting questions on the biogeography of percichthyid fish in Australia and the history of their ancient colonisation of Australian rivers.
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Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the suborder Zoarcoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes. Most species are found in the North Pacific Ocean with a few in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Craterocephalus is a genus of small and slender brackish or freshwater silversides from Australia and New Guinea. It is the most diverse genus in the family Atherinidae, containing 25 of the 71 species.
Adamson's grunter is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae which is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea.
Mesopristes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine waters near the coast in the Indo-Pacific region.
Pingalla is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae. These fish are native to northern Australia, but one species is also known from New Guinea.
Scortum is a genus of Australian fresh and brackish water ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Syncomistes is a genus of Australian freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Conodon is a genus of grunts native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
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