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Kimberley spangled perch

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Kimberley spangled perch
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Leiopotherapon
Species: L. macrolepis
Binomial name
Leiopotherapon macrolepis
Vari, 1978

The Kimberley spangled perch (Leiotherapon macrolepsis), also known as the large-scale grunter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is one of the most common species in one of the tributaries of the Prince Regent River.

It is sometimes kept as an aquarium pet.

References

  1. ^ Moore, G. (2019). "Leiopotherapon macrolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T11454A129056296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T11454A129056296.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiotherapon macriolepsis". FishBase. December 2019 version.

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Taxon identifiers
Leiopotherapon macrolepis


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