The long-nose sooty grunter (Hephaestus epirrhinos) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae.

The long-nose sooty grunter is a large elongate species with a distinctively long, slightly concave snout.

It has an overall dark greenish-grey body, with scales which have broad blackish margins and golden to bronze centres.

[1] The long-nose sooty grunter is a freshwater species and as adults they prefer deep pools of slow flowing rivers.

This is a carnivorous species and its diet comprises aquatic insects, crustaceans and fish, although they have been recorded feeding on terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates.