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Long-nose sooty grunter (Hephaestus epirrhinos)
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Long-nose sooty grunter (Hephaestus epirrhinos) specimen
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Terapontidae

Long-nose sooty grunter

Hephaestus epirrhinos

Terapontid Fish Reaching Forty Two Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Transcontinental
  • Freshwater fish
  • Oceania
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

The long-nose sooty grunter (Hephaestus epirrhinos) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia.

Maximum length
42 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Oceania: Drysdale River and Palmoondoera Creek (Morgan River), western Australia; also in the Carson River system north of the Kimberly region, northern coastal basin, Australia (Ref. 5259 ).
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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