| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Amniataba affinis | (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | Tiger grunter |
| Amniataba caudavittata | (Richardson, 1845) | Yellowtail trumpeter |
| Amniataba percoides | (Günther, 1864) | Barred grunter |
| Bidyanus bidyanus | (Mitchell, 1838) | Silver perch |
| Bidyanus welchi | (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) | Welch's grunter |
| Hannia greenwayi | Vari, 1978 | Greenway's grunter |
| Helotes sexlineatus | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | Six-lined trumpeter |
| Hephaestus adamsoni | (Trewavas, 1940) | Adamson's grunter |
| Hephaestus carbo | (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) | Coal grunter |
| Hephaestus epirrhinos | Vari & Hutchins, 1978 | Longnose sooty grunter |
| Hephaestus fuliginosus | (Macleay, 1883) | Sooty grunter |
| Hephaestus habbemai | (Weber, 1910) | Mountain grunter |
| Hephaestus jenkinsi | (Whitley, 1945) | Western sooty grunter |
| Hephaestus komaensis | Allen & Jebb, 1993 | |
| Hephaestus lineatus | Allen, 1984 | Lined grunter |
| Hephaestus obtusifrons | (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | |
| Hephaestus raymondi | (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | Raymond's grunter |
| Hephaestus roemeri | (Weber, 1910) | Röemer's grunter |
| Hephaestus transmontanus | (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | Sepik grunter |
| Hephaestus trimaculatus | (Macleay, 1883) | Threespot grunter |
| Hephaestus tulliensis | De Vis, 1884 | |
| Lagusia micracanthus | (Bleeker, 1860) | |
| Leiopotherapon aheneus | (Mees, 1963) | Fortescus grunter |
| Leiopotherapon macrolepis | Vari, 1978 | Kimberley spangled perch |
| Leiopotherapon plumbeus | (Kner, 1864) | |
| Leiopotherapon unicolor | (Günther, 1859) | Spangled perch |
| Mesopristes argenteus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Silver grunter |
| Mesopristes cancellatus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Tapiroid grunter |
| Mesopristes elongatus | (Guichenot, 1866) | Plain terapon |
| Mesopristes iravi | Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002 | |
| Mesopristes kneri | (Bleeker, 1876) | Orange-spotted therapon |
| Pelates octolineatus | (Jenyns, 1840) | Western striped grunter |
| Pelates qinglanensis | (Sun, 1991) | |
| Pelates quadrilineatus | (Bloch, 1790) | Fourlined terapon |
| Pelsartia humeralis | (Ogilby, 1899) | Sea trumpeter |
| Pingalla gilberti | Whitley, 1955 | Gilbert's grunter |
| Pingalla lorentzi | (Weber, 1910) | Lorentz's grunter |
| Pingalla midgleyi | Allen & Merrick, 1984 | Midgley's grunter |
| Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) | |
| 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) | Smallhead grunter |
| Syncomistes butleri | Vari, 1978 | Sharpnose grunter |
| Syncomistes kimberleyensis | Vari, 1978 | Kimberley grunter |
| Syncomistes rastellus | Vari & Hutchins, 1978 | Drysdale grunter |
| Syncomistes trigonicus | Vari, 1978 | Longnose grunter |
| Terapon jarbua | (Forsskål, 1775) | Jarbua terapon |
| Terapon puta | Cuvier, 1829 | Small-scaled terapon |
| Terapon theraps | Cuvier, 1829 | Largescaled terapon |
| Variichthys jamoerensis | (Mees, 1971) | Jamur Lake grunter |
| Variichthys lacustris | (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | Lake grunter |