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Hephaestus
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Hephaestus

Hephaestus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, grunters from the family Terapontidae.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Sooty Grunter

speciesHephaestus fuliginosus

Coal Grunter

speciesHephaestus carbo

Khaki Grunter

speciesHephaestus tulliensis

Western Sooty Grunter

speciesHephaestus jenkinsi

Mountain grunter

speciesHephaestus habbemai

Lined Grunter

speciesHephaestus lineatus

Longnose Sooty Grunter

speciesHephaestus epirrhinos

Threespot grunter

speciesHephaestus trimaculatus

Röemer's grunter

speciesHephaestus roemeri

Sepik grunter

speciesHephaestus transmontanus

Hephaestus komaensis

speciesHephaestus komaensis

Adamson's grunter

speciesHephaestus adamsoni

Striped grunter

speciesHephaestus obtusifrons

Raymond's grunter

speciesHephaestus raymondi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88844.