Gilbert's grunter (''Pingalla gilberti'') is a species of freshwater
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
, a
grunter from the family
Terapontidae
Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the superfamily Percoidea of the order Perciformes.
Characteristics
The Terapontidae ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Australia
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, where it is known from the
Norman,
Gilbert, and
Flinders Rivers.
This grunter was
described by
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was curator of fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years.
Early life and education
Gilbert Percy Whitley ...
in 1955, the
specific name honours the
English naturalist
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and
explorer
Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some Expectation (epistemic), expectation of Discovery (observation), discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organis ...
John Gilbert (1812-1845) after whom the
type locality of this species, the Gilbert River, is also named.
References
Pingalla
Freshwater fish of Queensland
Endemic fauna of Australia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Gilbert's grunter
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