Hephaestus habbemai
Appearance
Hephaestus habbemai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Hephaestus |
Species: | H. habbemai
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Binomial name | |
Hephaestus habbemai (M. C. W. Weber, 1910)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Hephaestus habbemai, the mountain grunter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found in New Guinea.[2][1]
Habitat
[edit]The adult fish inhabit the cobble and gravel bottom streams and the deep pools below rapids and waterfalls. [1]
Breeding behavior
[edit]The males guard and fan the eggs.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hephaestus habbemai". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.