Terapon

Genus of ray-finned fishes

Terapon

Terapon jarbua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Centrarchiformes
Family:  | Terapontidae
Genus:  | Terapon
Cuvier, 1815
Type species
Holocentrus servus

Bloch, 1790[1]

Species

see text

Synonyms

* Therapon Cloquet, 1819

Terapon, also known as the grunters or trumpeters is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.[2]

An unjustified emendation that has appeared in the literature is Therapon. It was introduced in 1819 since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word therapon.[3] In fact, the intended etymology was Greek: teras = "strange thing, monster, wonder" (cf. teratosaurus) + Greek: pontios = "marine", pertaining to the sea.[2]

## Species

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There are three species in the genus Terapon:[2]

* Terapon jarbua Fabricius, 1775 (Jarbua terapon)
* Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829 (Small-scaled terapon)
* Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 (Largescaled terapon)

## References

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1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Terapon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Terapontidae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
3. ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. 1990.

Taxon identifiers

Terapon|

* Wikidata: Q1978136
* Wikispecies: Terapon
* AFD: Terapon
* BOLD: 3768
* CoL: 7TY8
* EoL: 24033
* GBIF: 2374520
* iNaturalist: 92437
* IRMNG: 1332109
* ITIS: 168031
* NCBI: 163130
* Open Tree of Life: 711785
* WoRMS: 126092

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