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Scientific Name Scleropages leichardti  Günther, 1864
Common Name Gepunkteter Barramundi (Germany)
Type Locality Fitzroy River, Queensland, Australia.
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Size 1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Oceania: Fitzroy River system of central-eastern Queensland, Australia. Introduced to a few other systems in southeastern Queensland. Protected in Indonesia, where it does not occur, probably as a misidentification of Scleropages jardinii.
IUCN Red List Category Near Threatened, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 14 (no. 81) (art. 21), pp 196 [2], Pl. 7.
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Last Update 2021 Jan 10 07:50 (species record created: 2013 Sep 08 21:12)