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Leiopotherapon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Scientific name
  
Leiopotherapon

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Terapontidae

Higher classification
  
Terapontidae

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Lower classifications
  
Fortescue grunter, Large-scale grunter

Leiopotherapon is a genus of 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 freshwater, 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
  • References

    Leiopotherapon Wikipedia