Fortescue grunter

Leiopotherapon aheneus

Terapontid Fish of Australian Waters

Tropical
Coastal
Upper river
Transcontinental
Freshwater fish
Oceania
Small
Tropical fish

The Fortescue grunter (Leiopotherapon aheneus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to rivers in Western Australia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Leiopotherapon
Maximum length: 13 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Oceania: Ashburton River to upper reaches of the Fortescue River, of the northwestern Australian coastal basins (Robe River, Nicholl's Spring, Millstream Station, Dale's Gorge in the Hamersley Range National Park, Ref. 5259 ).

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