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Syncomistes bonapartensis Shelley, Delaval, Le & Feuvre, 2017

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Common names: Lake Bonaparte grunter
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Drysdale River in the northern Kimberley, Western Australia to the Finnis River in Northern Territory (Ref. 119336).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shelley, J.J, A. Delaval and M.C. Le Feuvre, 2017
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Terapontidae (Grunters or tigerperches)
Etymology: Syncomistes: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, komistes, -ou = leader, driver (Ref. 45335);  bonapartensis: The specific epithet bonapartensis is used in reference to the distribution of the species that is confined to drainages that once flowed into the paleolake, Lake Bonaparte..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; ? - 36°C (Ref. 119336)

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