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Hephaestus obtusifrons

(Striped Grunter)

Overview

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Family : Grunters or tigerperches ; Found in high altitude (200-400 m elevation ) fast-flowing mountain streams with gravel or rock substrates.

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Striped Grunter

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

鈍額弱棘鯻

Description

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Family Terapontidae

Coastal marine , brackish and freshwater in the Indo-West Pacific . Several species restricted to freshwater. Body oblong and slightly compressed . Operculum bearing 2 spines (lower spine longer). Dorsal fin notched , the spinous part depressible into a basal scaly sheath ; spines 11-13; soft rays 9-11. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-10. Pelvic fins insertion behind base of pectorals ; one spine, 5 soft rays. Caudal fin rounded , truncate or emarginate with 15 branched rays . Lateral line uninterrupted, reaching on caudal fin. Jaws with villiform or incisiform teeth; vomer and palatines toothless in most species. Branchiostegal rays 6; gills 4, a slit behind the last. Vertebrae 25-27. About 80 cm maximum length . Fed on fishes , insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates . Also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae.The family Terapontidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 16 genera and 45 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 38° n to 36° s and 31° w to 180° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, tera, -atos = strange thing, monster, wonder + Greek, pontios, -a = marine, pertaining to the sea

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Therapon obtusifrons Mees & Kailola, 1977
  2. Therapon obtusifrons Mees and Kailola, 1977

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Oct-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hephaestus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. adamsoni (Adamson´s Grunter) · H. bancrofti · H. carbo (Coal Grunter) · H. epirrhinos (Long-Nose Sooty Grunter) · H. fuliginosus (Sooty Grunter) · H. habbemai (Mountain Grunter) · H. jenkinsi (Jenkins´ Grunter) · H. komaensis · H. lineatus (Lined Grunter) · H. obtusifrons (Striped Grunter) · H. raymondi (Ray Moore´s Grunter) · H. roemeri (Röemer´s Grunter) · H. transmontanus (Northern Grunter) · H. trausmontanus · H. trimaculatus (Threespot Grunter) · H. tulliensis (Khaki Grunter)

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Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/2/2009