Mountain grunter

Hephaestus habbemai

Fifteen Centimeters Terapontid Fish

Tropical
Transcontinental
Freshwater fish
Oceania
Medium
Tropical fish

Hephaestus habbemai, the mountain grunter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Hephaestus
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia and Oceania: New Guinea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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