Terapontidae

Western sooty grunter

Hephaestus jenkinsi

Endemic Terapontid Fish of Australian Waters

• Temperate
• Continental endemic
• Local endemic species
• Transcontinental
• Freshwater fish
• Oceania
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Western sooty grunter is known around Oceania as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 40 cm.