Pelates
| Pelates | |
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| Fourlined terapon Pelates quadrilineatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Pelates Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Pelates quadrilineatus (Cuvier, 1829)[1]
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Pelates, is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it.[2]
Species
[edit]- Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter)
- Pelates qinglanensis (Sun, 1991)
- Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)
The Eastern striped grunter (Helotes sexilineatus) is sometimes placed in the genus Pelates.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pelates". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelates". FishBase. December 2020 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pelates "Species in the genus 'Pelates'". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.