Striped grunter

The striped grunter is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish,
a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found only in the Bewani Mountains in the headwaters of the Pual River system in Papua New Guinea and the upper Sermowai River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

Habitat

It is found in high altitude, fast flowing mountain streams.

Breeding behavior

The males guard and fan the eggs.

Size

This species reaches a length of.

Etymology

The fish's name derives from the Latin obtusus, "obtuse;" frons, "front," presumably referring to its "even blunter snout" compared to the similar Hephaestus transmontanus, which was described in the same publication.