Variichthys
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Variichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae from New Guinea and northern Australia. It was formerly known as Varia, but this name is preoccupied by a genus of moth.[1][2]
| Variichthys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Variichthys Allen, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Therapon jamoerensis | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Varia Allen, 1991 | |
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Variichthys:[3]
- Variichthys jamoerensis (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter)
- Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Lake grunter)
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