Leathery grunter

The leathery grunter (Scortum hillii) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia. The eggs are fanned and guarded by the male parent.[2]

Leathery grunter

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Scortum
Species:
S. hillii
Binomial name
Scortum hillii
(Castelnau, 1878)
Synonyms[2]
  • Therapon hillii Castelnau, 1878
  • Scortum ogilbyi Whitley, 1951

References
  1. Brooks, S. "Scortum hillii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T20049A123379095. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T20049A123379095.en. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scortum hilli" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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