The striped grunter (''Hephaestus obtusifrons'') is a species of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

, a grunter from the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Terapontidae Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the Family (biology), family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the Superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Percoidea of the Order (biology ...

. It is found only in the

Bewani Mountains The Bewani Mountains form a mountain range in northwestern Papua New Guinea. Together with the Torricelli Mountains and Prince Alexander Mountains it forms the North Coastal Range of Papua New Guinea.

in the headwaters of the

Pual River The Pual River (also rendered Poal, Pua, Po, and formerly Neumayer, Neumeyer, Nemayer) is a river in northern Papua New Guinea. Pual Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *List of rivers of ...

system in Papua New Guinea and the upper Sermowai River,

Western new Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, or Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea which is administered by Indonesia. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region ...

, Indonesia. It is found in high altitude, fast flowing mountains streams. The males guard and fan the eggs.

References

Hephaestus (fish) Freshwater fish of Papua New Guinea Freshwater fish of Western New Guinea Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1977 {{Perciformes-stub