Biology:Variichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Variichthys Allen, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Therapon jamoerensis Mees 1971[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Varia Allen, 1991 | |
Variichthys is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Terapontidae from New Guinea and northern Australia. It was formerly known as Varia, but this name is preoccupied by a genus of moth.[1][2]
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Variichthys:[3]
- Variichthys jamoerensis (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter)
- Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Lake grunter)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Variichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10306.
- ↑ Gerald R. Allen (1993). "Variichthys a replacement name for the Tetrapontid genus Varia and first record of V. lacustris from Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 16 (3): 459–460. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54768896#page/483/mode/1up.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Variichthys Species of 'Variichthys' in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q10713064 entry
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