# Variichthys

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Variichthys Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Centrarchiformes Family: Terapontidae Genus: Variichthys Allen, 1993 Type species Therapon jamoerensis Mees 1971[1] Species see text Synonyms Varia Allen, 1991

***Variichthys*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of freshwater [ray-finned fishes](/source/Ray-finned_fish) in the family [Terapontidae](/source/Terapontidae) from [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and northern Australia. It was formerly known as ***Varia***, but this name is [preoccupied](/source/Homonym_(biology)) by a [genus of moth](/source/Varia_(moth)).[1][2]

## Species

The following species are classified within the genus *Variichthys*:[3]

- *[Variichthys jamoerensis](/source/Variichthys_jamoerensis)* (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter)

- *[Variichthys lacustris](/source/Variichthys_lacustris)* (Mees & [Kailola](/source/Patricia_J._Kailola), 1977) (Lake grunter)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CofF_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CofF_1-1) Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["*Variichthys*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10306). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 12 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Allen_2-0)** Gerald R. Allen (1993). ["*Variichthys* a replacement name for the Tetrapontid genus *Varia* and first record of *V. lacustris* from Australia"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54768896#page/483/mode/1up). *Records of the Western Australian Museum*. **16** (3): 459–460.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fishbase_3-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). [*Variichthys* "Species in genus '**Variichthys'**"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. December 2019 version.

Taxon identifiers Variichthys Wikidata: Q10713064 Wikispecies: Variichthys AFD: Variichthys CoL: 647JW EoL: 25692 GBIF: 2374451 iNaturalist: 92775 IRMNG: 1032859 ITIS: 650203 NCBI: 1161384 Open Tree of Life: 113779 WoRMS: 271207

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