Variichthys

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Variichthys | authority = [[Gerald R. Allen|Allen]], 1993 | type_species = ''Therapon jamoerensis'' | type_species_authority = [[Gerlof Mees|Mees]] 1971<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=10306|title=''Variichthys''|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = see text | synonyms = ''Varia'' Allen, 1991 }}

'''''Variichthys''''' is a [[genus]] of freshwater [[ray-finned fish]]es in the family [[Terapontidae]] from [[New Guinea]] and northern Australia. It was formerly known as '''''Varia''''', but this name is [[Homonym (biology)|preoccupied]] by a [[Varia (moth)|genus of moth]].<ref name = CofF/><ref name = Allen>{{cite journal | author = Gerald R. Allen | year = 1993 | title = ''Variichthys'' a replacement name for the Tetrapontid genus ''Varia'' and first record of ''V. lacustris'' from Australia | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54768896#page/483/mode/1up | journal = Records of the Western Australian Museum | volume = 16 | issue = 3 | pages = 459–460}}</ref>

==Species== The following species are classified within the genus ''Variichthys'':<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=''Variichthys''|month=December|year=2019}}</ref>

* ''[[Variichthys jamoerensis]]'' (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter) * ''[[Variichthys lacustris]]'' (Mees & [[Patricia J. Kailola|Kailola]], 1977) (Lake grunter)

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