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Leiopotherapon (Tigerperch)

Synonyms: Madigania

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Leiopotherapon aheneus (Western grunter) (Endangered)
Leiopotherapon macrolepis (Kimberley spangled perch)
Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Silver perch) (Vulnerable)
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Trout cod) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0