Bullrout

Bullrout
Illustration of a Bullrout, Notesthes robusta, for Grant (1965) Guide to Fishes, p.229
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Tetraroginae
Genus: Notesthes
J. D. Ogilby, 1903
Species:
N. robusta
Binomial name
Notesthes robusta
(Günther, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Centropogon robustus Günther, 1860

The bullrout (Notesthes robusta), also commonly called freshwater stonefish or kroki, is a pale yellowish to dark-brown coloured fish that lives in tidal estuaries and slow-flowing streams in eastern Australia, from southern New South Wales to northern Queensland. It has on a very infrequent occurrence been caught at sea. Its spines are venomous. It is the only member of the genus Notesthes. It is often confused with the true stonefish.