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The yellowtail trumpeter (Amniataba caudavittata) (also known as the flagtailed terapon, [1] yellowtail grunter and yellow-tailed perch [2]) is a common species of coastal marine fish of the grunter family, Terapontidae.
The Kimberley spangled perch (Leiotherapon macrolepsis), also known as the large-scale grunter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is one of the most common species in one of the tributaries of the Prince Regent River. [1]
Hephaestus carbo was first formally described in 1916 as Terapon carbo by the Australian zoologists James Douglas Ogilby and Allan Riverstone McCulloch with the type locality given as the upper waters of the Gregory River in Queensland. [5] The coal grunter is very similar to, and closely related to, Raymond's grunter (Hephaestus raymondi) of ...
The sooty grunter was first formally described as Therapon fuliginosus in 1883 by the Scottish-Australian naturalist William John Macleay with the type locality given as the Upper Burdekin River in northern Queensland. [5] The specific name fuliginosus, from the Latin word fuligo, "soot", refers to the sooty coloration of the species. [3]
The long-nose sooty grunter is a large elongate species with a distinctively long, slightly concave snout. It has an overall dark greenish-grey body, with scales which have broad blackish margins and golden to bronze centres. The juveniles are overall greenish with irregular vermiculations on the upper flanks and the caudal peduncle. [2]
Scortum barcoo is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, known by the common names Barcoo grunter and jade perch. It is endemic to Australia , where it can be found in certain major rivers, including the Barcoo River .
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 .
Terapon jarbua is a medium-sized grunter with an oblong body which is moderately laterally compressed. The oblique mouth is oblique with the jaws being of equal length and the maxilla reached the level of the front edge of the eye in juveniles and the centre of the eye in adults.