Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
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 striped grunter (Hephaestus obtusifrons) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish,
a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found only in the Bewani Mountains in the headwaters of the Pual River system in Papua New Guinea and the upper Sermowai River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Wikipedia contributors, Striped grunter; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:47:13.825930+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
- Name authority
- (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
- 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 obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
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 |
| black breamHephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Therapon obtusifrons Mees & Kailola, 1977 Mees & Kailola, 1977 | 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=1012715 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:3KWC5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.