Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11.

Common Names

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Threespot grunter , English , Australia

Threespot grunter , English , Papua New Guinea

Threespot Grunter , English , UK

三斑弱棘鯻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Terapontidae

Genus: Hephaestus

Species: Hephaestus trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found in rocky pools of lowland streams (Ref. 2847). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205). Aquarium conditions: pH=7.2, H=10, 26°C water temperature, egg layer, carnivore (Ref. 6398).

Habitat

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demersal