Leiopotherapon
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Leiopotherapon | |
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Leiopotherapon plumbeus being sold in a Philippine market | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Leiopotherapon Fowler, 1931 |
Type species | |
Datnia plumbea Kner, 1864
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Species | |
4, see text |
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 fresh water, although H. unicolor also occurs in desert lakes with higher salinity.
Species include:[1]
- 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
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Leiopotherapon. FishBase. 2013.
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