Leiopotherapon

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Leiopotherapon
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Leiopotherapon plumbeus being sold in a Philippine market
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Leiopotherapon
Fowler, 1931
Type species
Datnia plumbea
Kner, 1864
Species

4, see text

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: [1]

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References

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