Scortum
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| Scortum | |
|---|---|
| Scortum parviceps | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Scortum Whitley, 1943 |
| Type species | |
| Therapon parviceps Macleay, 1883 | |
| Species | |
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Scortum is a genus of Australian fresh and brackish water ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Species include:
- Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) (Barcoo grunter)
- Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) (leathery grunter)
- Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993 (Neil's grunter)
- Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883) (small-headed grunter)