Greenway's grunter
Greenway's grunter | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Hannia Vari, 1978 |
Species: | H. greenwayi
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Binomial name | |
Hannia greenwayi Vari, 1978
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Greenway's grunter (Hannia greenwayi) is a species of freshwater
Description
Greenway's grunter is a small, slender golden to silvery-grey grunter which is covered in large scales, each with a dark margin and a dark blotch on the lower part of the
Distribution
Greenway's grunter is endemic to the
Habitat and biology
The adults of Greenway's grunter are found in moderately to swiftly flowing streams in both clear and turbid water where there is a mixed substrate of sand and rock. Its biology is little known, but in 1969 a collection of 100 specimens of this fish suggested that are found in fast flowing rapids where the water was green in colour and the visibility was as low as 30 centimetres (12 in). It is an omnivorous species feeding on algae and small invertebrates. The eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent.[3] It is though likely that this species spawns in the wet season.[1]
Taxonomy and etymology
Greenway's grunter was first formally
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Martin F. Gomon; Dianne J. Bray. "Hannia greenwayi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Hannia greenwayi" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hannia greenwayi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Richard P. Vari (1978). "The terapon perches (Percoidei, Teraponidae). A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 159 (art. 5): 175–340.
- Hannia greenwayi. Atlas of Living Australia.