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| status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Le Feuvre, M.C. |date=2019 |title=''Syncomistes rastellus'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T21253A123379166 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21253A123379166.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Syncomistes rastellus
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| authority = Vari & Hutchins, 1978
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Perciformes]]
| familia = [[Terapontidae]]
| genus = ''[[Syncomistes]]''
| species = '''''S. rastellus'''''
| binomial = ''Syncomistes rastellus''
| binomial_authority = Vari & Hutchins, 1978
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The '''Drysdale grunter''' (''Syncomistes rastellus'') is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Terapontidae]] family. 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>Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. [http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Syncomistes-rastellus.html ''Syncomistes rastellus''.] FishBase. 2013.</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= Fishbase>{{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, it also prefers flowing water of varying turbidity and substrate.<ref name = FofA>{{cite web | author1 = Gomon, M.F. | author2 = Bray, D.J. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2017 | title = ''Syncomistes rastellus'' | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 10 May 2020 | url = http://136.154.202.208/Home/species/2524 | publisher = Museums Victoria}}</ref>


==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite journal | author = Wager, R. | title = ''Syncomistes rastellus'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21253A9261549 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 1996 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21253/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21253A9261549.en | access-date = 20 December 2017}}

==External links==
* [http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2524 Fishes of Australia : ''Syncomistes rastellus'']


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[[Category:Syncomistes|Drysdale grunter]]
[[Category:Syncomistes|Drysdale grunter]]
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of Australia]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1978|Drysdale grunter]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1978|Drysdale grunter]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

Latest revision as of 22:02, 28 February 2023

Drysdale grunter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Syncomistes
Species:
S. rastellus
Binomial name
Syncomistes rastellus
Vari & Hutchins, 1978

The Drysdale grunter (Syncomistes rastellus) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in the Gibb and Drysdale Rivers, coastal rivers in northern Western Australia.[2] It is a herbivorous species which grazes on filamentous algae and prefers the main river channels rather than the tributaries, it also prefers flowing water of varying turbidity and substrate.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Le Feuvre, M.C. (2019). "Syncomistes rastellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21253A123379166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21253A123379166.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Syncomistes rastellus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. (2017). "Syncomistes rastellus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2020.