Biology:Mesopristes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Mesopristes
Mesopristes argenteus syn datnia argentea.jpg
Mesopristes argenteus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Mesopristes
Bleeker, 1873
Type species
Mesopristes macracanthus, a synonym of Datnia argentea
Bleeker 1873[1]
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Datnia Cuvier, 1829
  • Fowler, 1918 Mesopristes

Mesopristes is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine waters near the coast in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Species include:[2]

  • Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) - silver grunter
  • Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) - tapiroid grunter
  • Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) - plain terapon
  • Mesopristes iravi (Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002)
  • Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1876) - orange-spotted therapon

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1895054 entry