Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei
Familia: Terapontidae
Genus: Hannia
Species: H. greenwayi
Name
Hannia Vari, 1978
References
Hannia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Hannia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
Greenway's grunter (Hannia greenwayi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to the northern part of Western Australia.
Description
Greenway's grunter is a small, slender golden to silvery-grey grunter which is covered in large scales, each with a dark margin and a dark blotch on the lower part of the caudal fin. The juveniles have a dark spot at base of the soft-rayed part of the dorsal and anal fin bases. The larger adult fish may develop thick, fleshy, lips and when caught individuals may show broad, vertical bars.[2] This species has a maximum standard length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in), although 8 centimetres (3.1 in) is a more common standard length.[3]
Distribution
Greenway's grunter is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it occurs in the Fitzroy River system and Isdell and Calder rivers.[2]
Habitat and biology
The adults of Greenway's grunter are found in moderately to swiftly flowing streams in both clear and turbid water where there is a mixed substrate of sand and rock. Its biology is little known, but in 1969 a collection of 100 specimens of this fish suggested that are found in fast flowing rapids where the water was green in colour and the visibility was as low as 30 centimetres (12 in). It is an omnivorous species feeding on algae and small invertebrates. The eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent.[3] It is though likely that this species spawns in the wet season.[1]
Taxonomy and etymology
Greenway's grunter was first formally described in 1971 by Richard P. Vari with the type locality given as the Hann River at Moll Gorge in Western Australia.[4] The generic name refers to the type locality while the specific name honours the American ornithologist James C. Greenway for his generous support of the American Museum of Natural History's Australian expedition on which the type was collected.[5]
References
Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Hannia greenwayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T9670A123377864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T9670A123377864.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Martin F. Gomon; Dianne J. Bray. "Hannia greenwayi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Hannia greenwayi" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hannia greenwayi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
Richard P. Vari (1978). "The terapon perches (Percoidei, Teraponidae). A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 159 (art. 5): 175–340. hdl:2246/1273.
Hannia greenwayi. Atlas of Living Australia.
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