Hephaestus (fish)

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

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

Species

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

  • Hephaestus adamsoni (Trewavas, 1940) (Adamson's grunter)
  • Hephaestus carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) (Coal grunter)
  • Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978 (Longnose sooty grunter)
  • Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) (Sooty grunter)
  • Hephaestus habbemai (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 (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, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Hephaestus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Terapontidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Hephaestus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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