Leiopotherapon
Encyclopedia
Leiopotherapon is a genus of fish
in the Terapontidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Terapontidae
Terapontidae
Grunters or tigerperches are fishes in the family Terapontidae . They are found in shallow coastal waters in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, where they live in saltwater, brackish and freshwater habitats...
family.
It contains the following species:
- fortesque grunterFortesque grunterThe fortesque grunter is a species of fish in the Terapontidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Leiopotherapon aheneus) - large-scale grunterLarge-scale grunterThe large-scale grunter is a species of fish in the Terapontidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Leiopotherapon macrolepis)