Biology:Drysdale grunter

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Drysdale grunter
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Syncomistes
Species:
S. rastellus
Binomial name
Syncomistes rastellus
Vari & Hutchins, 1978

The Drysdale grunter (Syncomistes rastellus) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia , where it occurs in the Gibb and Drysdale Rivers, coastal rivers in northern Western Australia.[2] It is a herbivorous species which grazes on filamentous algae and prefers the main river channels rather than the tributaries, it also prefers flowing water of varying turbidity and substrate.[3]

References

  1. Le Feuvre, M.C. (2019). "Syncomistes rastellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21253A123379166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21253A123379166.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21253/123379166. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "syncomistes rastellus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Syncomistes rastellus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. 2017. http://136.154.202.208/Home/species/2524. 

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