Drysdale grunter

Species of ray-finned fish

Drysdale grunter

Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Centrarchiformes
Family:  | Terapontidae
Genus:  | Syncomistes
Species:  |

S. rastellus

Binomial name
Syncomistes rastellus

Vari & Hutchins, 1978

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]

## References

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1. ^ Le Feuvre, M.C. (2019). "Syncomistes rastellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21253A123379166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21253A123379166.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Syncomistes rastellus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
3. ^ Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. (2017). "Syncomistes rastellus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

Taxon identifiers

Syncomistes rastellus|

* Wikidata: Q3811797
* AFD: Syncomistes_rastellus
* CoL: 53V5V
* EoL: 219044
* FishBase: 10626
* GBIF: 2374600
* iNaturalist: 113573
* IRMNG: 10823294
* ITIS: 650221
* IUCN: 21253
* NCBI: 1161382
* Open Tree of Life: 113783
* WoRMS: 1012556

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