Terapontidae

Short description: Family of fishes

Terapontidae

Terapon jarbua the type species of the genus Terapon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Perciformes
Superfamily:  | Percoidea
Family:  | Terapontidae
Richardson, 1842[1]
Type species
Holocentrus servus

Bloch, 1790[2]

Genera

see text

Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae).[3] This family is part of the superfamily Percoidea of the order Perciformes.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Characteristics
* 2 Classification
* 3 Timeline
* 4 References

## Characteristics

The Terapontidae is a large family of small to medium-sized perciform fishes which occur in marine, brackish and fresh waters in the Indo-Pacific region. They are characterised by a single long-based dorsal fin which has a notch marking the boundary between the spiny and soft-rayed portions. They have small to moderate-sized scales, a continuous lateral line reaching the caudal fin, and most species lack teeth on the roof of the mouth.[5] The marine species are found in inshore sea and brackish waters, some species are able to enter extremely saline and fresh waters. In Australia and New Guinea there are a number of species restricted to fresh water.[3]

## Classification

The following genera are classified within the family Terpontidae:[6][5]

* Amniataba Whitley, 1943
* Hannia Vari, 1978
* Helotes Cuvier, 1829
* Hephaestus De Vis, 1884
* Lagusia Vari 1978
* Leiopotherapon Fowler, 1931
* Mesopristes Bleeker, 1873
* Pelates Cuvier, 1829
* Pelsartia Whitley, 1943
* Pingalla Whitley, 1955
* Rhynchopelates Fowler, 1931
* Scortum Whitley, 1943
* Syncomistes Vari, 1978
* Terapon Cuvier, 1816
* Variichthys Allen, 1993

## Timeline

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## References

1. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480.
2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Terapon". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=913.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 R.P. Vari. "Terapontidae". FAO. http://www.fao.org/3/y0770e/y0770e53.pdf.
4. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 441. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Terapontidae" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
6. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Terapontidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Terapontidae.

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