Leiopotherapon

Short description: Genus of fishes

Leiopotherapon

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

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

1. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Leiopotherapon. FishBase. 2013.

Wikidata ☰ Q1868996 entry

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