Drysdale grunter: Difference between revisions

| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN"iucn status 17 November 2021">{{Citecite iucn |author=Le Feuvre, M.C. | year date= 2019 | title = ''Syncomistes rastellus'' |volume=2019 |page = e.T21253A123379166 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21253A123379166.en | accessdate access-date=17 10 MayNovember 20202021}}</ref>

The '''Drysdale grunter''' ('''''Syncomistes rastellus''''') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Terapontidae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]], where it occurs in the [[Gibb River|Gibb]] and [[Drysdale River]]s, coastal rivers in northern [[Western Australia]].<ref name=fb Fishbase>Froese{{FishBase|syncomistes|rastellus|month=December|year=2019}}</ref> It is a herbivorous species which grazes on filamentous algae and prefers the main river channels rather than the tributaries, R.it also prefers flowing water of varying turbidity and Dsubstrate.<ref Paulyname = FofA>{{cite web | author1 = Gomon, EdsM.F. [http://www| author2 = Bray, D.fishbaseJ.org/summary/Syncomistes | name-rastellus.htmllist-style = amp | year = 2017 | title = ''Syncomistes rastellus''.] FishBase.| 2013work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 10 May 2020 | url = http://136.154.202.208/Home/species/2524 | publisher = Museums Victoria}}</ref>