Variichthys
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Genus of ray-finned fishes
| Variichthys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Variichthys Allen, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Therapon jamoerensis | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Varia Allen, 1991 | |
Variichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned 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
[edit ]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
[edit ]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Variichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Variichthys "Species in genus 'Variichthys'". FishBase . December 2019 version.
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