''Variichthys'' is a

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of freshwater fishes 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 ...

from

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and northern Australia. It was formerly known as ''Varia'', but this name is

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by a genus of moth.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus ''Variichthys'': * '' Variichthys jamoerensis'' (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter) * '' Variichthys lacustris'' (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Lake grunter)

References

Terapontidae {{perciformes-stub