Terapon
| Terapon | |
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| Terapon jarbua | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Terapon |
| Species | |
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Terapon is a genus of fish in the Terapontidae family.[1]
Its deprecated junior homonym is Therapon. It was introduced since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word therapon.[2] In fact, the intended etymology was Greek: teras = "strange thing, monster, wonder" (cf. teratosaurus) + Greek: pontios = "marine", pertaining to the sea.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Terapontidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. 1990.