Mesopristes
Sign in to saveMesopristes is a genus of ray-finned 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
ヨコシマイサキ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyTerapontidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Collections
- USNM, BPBM, ANSP, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Vanuatu, Martinique
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- Parent taxon
- Terapontidae
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Mesopristes is a genus of ray-finned 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: 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
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