Leiopotherapon plumbeus | |
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Leiopotherapon plumbeus being sold in a Philippine market. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Leiopotherapon |
Species: | L. plumbeus
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Binomial name | |
Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864)
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Synonyms | |
Datnia plumbea Kner, 1864 |
Leiopotherapon plumbeus, known commonly as the silver perch,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is called ayungin, bugaong, bigaong, and bagaong.[1]