| Syncomistes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Syncomistes Vari, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Syncomistes butleri Vari, 1978 [1] | |
| Species | |
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Syncomistes is a genus of Australian freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Species include: [2]
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The Kimberley grunter is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it lives in the coastal rivers of northern Western Australia. It is known from the Durack, Pentecost, and Bow Rivers of the Kimberley region.
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Hephaestus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, grunters from the family Terapontidae.
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