black bream
Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The sooty grunter (Hephaestus fuliginosus), also known by the name black bream, blubberlips, Northern grunter or purple grunter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It inhabits coastal and inland freshwater creeks and rivers of northern Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Sooty grunter; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:53:58.037141+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883)
- Name authority
- (Macleay, 1883)
- Common name
- black bream
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Genus
- Hephaestus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyTerapontidae Richardson, 1842
- genusHephaestus De Vis, 1884
- speciesHephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hephaestus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hephaestus adamsoni (Trewavas, 1940) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus habbemai (Weber, 1910) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus raymondi (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus komaensis Allen & Jebb, 1993 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus roemeri (Weber, 1910) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus transmontanus (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Terapon alligatoris Rendahl, 1922 Rendahl, 1922 | synonym |
| Therapon bancrofti Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916 Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916 | synonym |
| Therapon fuliginosus Macleay, 1883 Macleay, 1883 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991223 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KWBY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.