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| Drysdale grunter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Syncomistes |
| Species: | S. rastellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Syncomistes rastellus Vari & Hutchins, 1978
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The Drysdale grunter (Syncomistes rastellus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in the Gibb and Drysdale Rivers, coastal rivers in northern Western Australia.[2] It is a herbivorous species which grazes on filamentous algae and prefers the main river channels rather than the tributaries, it also prefers flowing water of varying turbidity and substrate.[3]