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Spikey bass
| Spikey bass | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Centropomoidei |
| Family: | Latidae |
| Genus: | Hypopterus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Species: | H. macropterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypopterus macropterus (Günther, 1859)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The spikey bass (Hypopterus macropterus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Latidae, the lates perches. It is endemic to coastal waters off Western Australia, where it inhabits areas with soft substrates. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Hypopterus.[1]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypopterus macroptera". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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