Mesopristes
Appearance
Mesopristes | |
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Mesopristes argenteus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Family: | Terapontidae |
Genus: | Mesopristes Bleeker, 1873 |
Type species | |
Mesopristes macracanthus, a synonym of Datnia argentea Bleeker 1873[1]
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Species | |
5, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Mesopristes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine waters near the coast in the Indo-Pacific region.
Species
[edit]Species include:[2]
- Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) - silver grunter
- Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) - tapiroid grunter
- Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) - plain terapon
- Mesopristes iravi (Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002)
- Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1876) - orange-spotted therapon
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Terapontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013.