Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13.

Common Names

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Lined grunter , English , Australia

線紋弱棘鯻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

线纹弱棘鯻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Terapontidae

Genus: Hephaestus

Species: Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found in rocky creeks and small rivers flowing through rainforest. Adults congregate in deep holes below rapids. Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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demersal