Scortum

Not to be confused with Scrotum.

Scortum
Scortum parviceps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Scortum Whitley, 1943
Type species
Therapon parviceps Macleay, 1883[1]
Species
4, see text

Scortum is a genus of Australian fresh and brackish water ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.

Species include:[2]

• Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) (Barcoo grunter)
• Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) (leathery grunter)
• Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993 (Neil's grunter)
• Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883) (small-headed grunter)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scortum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
2. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Scortum. FishBase. 2013.