Lake grunter

The lake grunter (Variichthys lacustris) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter in the family Terapontidae. It is found in southern New Guinea and in northern Queensland in Australia. It prefers to live in still water, especially in heavily vegetated swamps, flood lagoons and small lakes.^[2]

Lake grunter
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Variichthys
Species:	V. lacustris
Binomial name
Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
Therapon lacustris Mees & Kailola, 1977 Varia lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977)