Biology:Scortum
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Scortum | |
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| Scortum parviceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Scortum Whitley, 1943 |
| Type species | |
| Therapon parviceps Macleay, 1883[1]
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| Species | |
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Scortum is a genus of Australian fresh and brackish water fishes in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Species include:[2]
- Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) (Barcoo grunter)
- Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) (leathery grunter)
- Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993 (Neil's grunter)
- Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883) (small-headed grunter)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Scortum". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7820.
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Scortum. FishBase. 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q2798191 entry
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