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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 fresh water, although H. unicolor also occurs in desert lakes with higher salinity.

Leiopotherapon
Leiopotherapon plumbeus being sold in a Philippine market
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Leiopotherapon Fowler, 1931
Type species
Datnia plumbea Kner, 1864
Species
4, see text

Species include:[1]

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

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