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Hephaestus (fish)

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Hephaestus
Hephaestus carbo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Hephaestus
de Vis, 1884
Type species
Hephaestus tulliensis
De Vis, 1884[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Archeria Nichols, 1949
  • Archerichthys Whitley, 1951

Hephaestus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, grunters from the family Terapontidae.

Species

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The following species are classified within the genus:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hephaestus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Terapontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hephaestus". FishBase. December 2019 version.