Large-scale grunter
Encyclopedia
The large-scale grunter (Leiopotherapon macrolepis) is a species of fish
in the Terapontidae
family. It is endemic to Australia
.
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 is endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Source
- Wager, R. 1996. Leiopotherapon macrolepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.