Variichthys Explained

Variichthys is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Terapontidae from New Guinea and northern Australia. It was formerly known as Varia, but this name is preoccupied by a genus of moth.^[1]

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Variichthys:

• Variichthys jamoerensis (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter)
• Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Lake grunter)

Notes and References

1. Gerald R. Allen . 1993 . Variichthys a replacement name for the Tetrapontid genus Varia and first record of V. lacustris from Australia . Records of the Western Australian Museum . 16 . 3 . 459–460.