Scortum

Life-forms

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: Scortum
Species: S. barcoo – S. hillii – S. neili – S. ogilbyi – S. parviceps
Name

Scortum Whitley, 1943
References

Scortum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Scortum species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.

Vernacular names

Scortum is a genus of Australian fresh and brackish water fishes in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.

Species include:[2]

Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) (Barcoo grunter)
Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) (leathery grunter)
Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993 (Neil's grunter)
Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883) (small-headed grunter)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scortum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Scortum. FishBase. 2013.