Hephaestus carbo — juvenile, Mary River, NT — photo © Dave Wilson
Grunters (family Terapontidae) are mostly larger, more boisterous fishes of northern and inland Australia, named for the audible grunting sound many species make when distressed. You can access species accounts below by clicking on the links in the list of species.
- Amniataba percoides (Günther, 1864) — Banded Grunter
- Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) — Silver Perch
- Bidyanus welchi (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) — Welch’s Grunter
- Hannia greenwayi Vari, 1978
- Hannia wintoni Shelley, Delaval, Le Feuvre, Dempster, Raadik & Swearer, 2020
- Hephaestus carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) — Coal Grunter
- Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978
- Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) — Sooty Grunter
- Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945)
- Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis, 1884 — Khaki Grunter
- Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees, 1963)
- Leiopotherapon macrolepis Vari, 1978
- Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) — Spangled Perch
- Pingalla gilberti Whitley, 1955
- Pingalla lorentzi (Weber, 1910)
- Pingalla midgleyi Allen & Merrick, 1984
- Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) — Barcoo Grunter
- Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878)
- Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993
- Scortum ogilbyi Whitley, 1951
- Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883)
- Syncomistes bonapartensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes butleri Vari, 1978 — Butler’s Grunter
- Syncomistes carcharus Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes dilliensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes holsworth Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes kimberleyensis Vari, 1978
- Syncomistes moranensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes rastellus Vari & Hutchins, 1978
- Syncomistes trigonicus Vari, 1978
- Syncomistes versicolor Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Syncomistes wunambal Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017
- Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977)