''Terapon'', also known as the

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Terapontidae Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the Family (biology), family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the Superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Percoidea of the Order (biology ...

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is ''Therapon''. It was introduced since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word '' therapon''.Eschmeyer, W. N
''Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes''.
California Academy of Sciences. 1990. In fact, the intended etymology was el, teras, script=Latn = "strange thing, monster, wonder" (cf. ''

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'') + el, pontios, script=Latn, link=no = "marine", pertaining to the sea.

Species

There are three species in the genus ''Terapon'': * ''

Terapon jarbua ''Terapon jarbua'', the jarbua terapon, crescent grunter, crescent banded grunter, crescent perch, spiky trumpeter, thornfish or tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish, a grunter of the family Terapontidae. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific. ...

'' Fabricius, 1775 (Jarbua terapon) * ''

Terapon puta ''Terapon puta'', the spiny-checked grunter, three-lined grunter, small-scaled banded grunter, small-scaled terapon, squeaking perch or two-lined grunter, is a species of fish from the Indo-Pacific region, it is a member of the grunter family, Te ...

Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1829 (Small-scaled terapon) * ''

Terapon theraps ''Terapon theraps'', the largescaled terapon, banded grunter, banded trumpeter, flagtail grunter, flagtail trumpeter, large-scaled grunter-perch, Northern grunter and spiky trumpeter, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunter from the fa ...

'' Cuvier, 1829 (Largescaled terapon)

References

Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{perciformes-stub