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Kimberley grunter
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Syncomistes
Species:	S. kimberleyensis
Binomial name
Syncomistes kimberleyensis Vari, 1978

The Kimberley grunter (Syncomistes kimberleyensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it lives in the coastal rivers of northern Western Australia. It is known from the Durack, Pentecost, and Bow Rivers of the Kimberley region.

It is a herbivorous fish that feeds in filamentous algae, and is found in rocky pools and on the edges of watercourses where there is aquatic vegetation over sandy and rocky substrates.

References

1. Le Feuvre, M.C. (2019). "Syncomistes kimberleyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21252A123379143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21252A123379143.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). er "Syncomstes kimberleyensis onth+decemb er". FishBase. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
3. Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. (2017). "Syncomistes kimberleyensis". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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