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Terapontidae
Tiger grunter
Amniataba affinis
Guarding eggs in swamp backwaters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Oceania
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumTiger grunter is a freshwater fish found in rivers and streams. One memorable detail in its record is this: Guarding eggs in swamp backwaters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Genus
- Amniataba
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Oceania: thus far known only from the Fly, Morehead and Bensbach river systems in Papua New Guinea.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
Conservation status
