Complex sentence: The spikey bass, "Hypopterus macropterus", is a species of lates perch endemic to coastal waters off western Australia, where it inhabits areas with soft substrates.
Split into simpler sentences: The spikey bass, "Hypopterus macropterus", is a species of fish in the family Latidae, the lates perches. It is endemic to coastal waters off Western Australia, where it inhabits areas with soft substrates.