Biology:Mesopristes
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Mesopristes | |
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| Mesopristes argenteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Mesopristes Bleeker, 1873 |
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| Mesopristes macracanthus, a synonym of Datnia argentea Bleeker 1873[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q1895054 entry
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