Pingalla is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Terapontidae. These fish are native to northern Australia, but one species is also known from New Guinea.
Pingalla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Pingalla Whitley, 1955 |
Type species | |
Pingalla gilberti Whitley, 1955[1]
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Species | |
3, see text |
Species include:[2]
- Pingalla gilberti (Whitley, 1955) - Gilbert's grunter
- Pingalla lorentzi (Weber, 1910) - Lorentz's grunter
- Pingalla midgleyi (Allen & Merrick, 1984) - black-blotch grunter
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pingalla". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Pingalla "Species in genus 'Pingalla'". FishBase. December 2019 version.