Biology:Kimberley grunter
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Short description: Species of fish
| Kimberley grunter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Syncomistes |
| Species: | S. kimberleyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Syncomistes kimberleyensis Vari, 1978
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The Kimberley grunter (Syncomistes kimberleyensis) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia , where it lives in the coastal rivers of northern Western Australia. It is known from the Durack, Pentecost, and Bow Rivers of the Kimberley region.[2]
It is a herbivorous fish that feeds in filamentous algae, and is found in rocky pools and on the edges of watercourses where there is aquatic vegetation over sandy and rocky substrates.[3]
References
- ↑ Le Feuvre, M.C. (2019). "Syncomistes kimberleyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21252A123379143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21252A123379143.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21252/123379143. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Syncomstes kimberleyensis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "Syncomistes kimberleyensis". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. 2017. http://136.154.202.208/Home/species/2523.
Wikidata ☰ Q3753850 entry
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