Mesopristes

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Mesopristes
Mesopristes argenteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Mesopristes
Bleeker, 1873
Species

5, see text

Mesopristes is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.

Species include:[1]

  • Mesopristes argenteus (De Vis, 1884) - 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. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013.
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