Hephaestus

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Classification

Genus: Hephaestus
Family: Terapontidae - Grunters or Tigerperches
Order: Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Species

Sooty grunter
(Hephaestus fuliginosus)

Coal grunter
(Hephaestus carbo)

Threespot grunter
(Hephaestus trimaculatus)

Sepik grunter
(Hephaestus transmontanus)

Roemer’s grunter
(Hephaestus roemeri)

Raymond’s grunter
(Hephaestus raymondi)

Hephaestus obtusifrons

Lined grunter
(Hephaestus lineatus)

Hephaestus komaensis

Western sooty grunter
(Hephaestus jenkinsi)

Mountain grunter
(Hephaestus habbemai)

Longnose sooty grunter
(Hephaestus epirrhinos)

Adamson’s grunter
(Hephaestus adamsoni)

Hephaestus tulliensis

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