The striped grunter (Hephaestus obtusifrons) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found only in the Bewani Mountains in the headwaters of the Pual River system in Papua New Guinea and the upper Sermowai River, Western new Guinea, Indonesia. It is found in high altitude, fast flowing mountains streams. The males guard and fan the eggs.[2]

Striped grunter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Hephaestus
Species:
H. obtusifrons
Binomial name
Hephaestus obtusifrons
(Mees & Kailola, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
  • Therapon obtusifrons Mees & Kailola, 1977

References

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  1. ^ Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Hephaestus obtusifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T9946A147759715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T9946A147759715.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hephaestus obtusifrons". FishBase. December 2019 version.