Leiopotherapon: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Terapontidae
Genus
Leiopotherapon
Species
Scientific Name
Leiopotherapon

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Leiopotherapon

Leiopotherapon is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. Three species are endemic to Australia, while L. plumbeus is from the Philippines. They are mainly found in fresh water, although H. unicolor also occurs in desert lakes with higher salinity.

Species include:

  • Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees, 1963) - Fortescue grunter
  • Leiopotherapon macrolepis (Vari, 1978) - large-scale grunter
  • Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864) - silver perch
  • Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) - spangled grunter, spangled perch
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Leiopotherapon
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