''Pelates'', is a genus of fish in the family
Terapontidae
Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the superfamily Percoidea of the order Perciformes.
Characteristics
The Terapontidae i ...
, containing 3 species in it.
Species
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Pelates octolineatus
''Pelates'', is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it.
Species
* '' Pelates octolineatus'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter)
* '' Pelates qinglanensis'' (Sun, 1991)
* '' Pelates quadrilineatus'' (Bloc ...
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( Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter)
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Pelates qinglanensis
''Pelates'', is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it.
Species
* ''Pelates octolineatus'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter)
* '' Pelates qinglanensis'' (Sun, 1991)
* '' Pelates quadrilineatus'' (Bloch ...
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(Sun
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, 1991)
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Pelates quadrilineatus
''Pelates quadrilineatus'', also known as the trumpeter perch or fourlined terapon, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It occurs in the western Indo-Pacific region, and also in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, ...
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( Bloch, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)
The
Eastern striped grunter
The Eastern striped grunter (''Helotes sexlineatus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region where it is found in coastal waters and is an omnivore.
Description
The E ...
(''Helotes sexilineatus'') is sometimes placed in the genus ''Pelates''.
References
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Terapontidae
Perciformes genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier