Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
ACTINOPTERYGII
Family
TERAPONTIDAE
Genus
Leiopotherapon
Species
unicolor
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Spangled Perch
Alternate name
Spangled Grunter
Is historical
False
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QLD
Translocated
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Probably widespread.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
A hardy and widespread species found in a wide variety of freshwater habitats. Almost certainly translocated to Gold Coast waterways from other Australian waterways
Known location
Numinbah, Logan River, Wolffdene, Tallebudgera Creek
Other locality
Probably widespread in streams.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
True
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
True
Marine
False
General ecology
Streams, rivers, ponds.
Specific ecology
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Community type
Migratory
False
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