''Scortum'' is a genus of Australian fresh and
brackish
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water
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
es in the family
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 ...
, the grunters.
Species include:
[Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds]
''Scortum''.
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Scortum barcoo
''Scortum barcoo'' is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae, known by the common names Barcoo grunter and jade perch. It is endemic to Australia, where it can be found in certain major rivers, including the Barcoo River. It is reared in h ...
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(McCulloch
McCulloch is a Scottish surname. It's a variation of the Northern Irish surname McCullough. It's commonly found in Galloway.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan McLeod McCulloch ( ...
& Waite, 1917) (Barcoo grunter)
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Scortum hillii'' (
Castelnau, 1878) (leathery grunter)
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Scortum neili''
Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
Buildings
* Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee
* Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas
* Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Unive ...
, Larson & Midgley
Midgley () is a hill-top village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east from Burnley and west-north-west of Halifax, and just north of the A646 road. Nearby villages are Mytholmroyd to the west-south-west ...
, 1993 (Neil's grunter)
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Scortum parviceps''
(Macleay, 1883) (small-headed grunter)
References
Terapontidae
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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