Mesopristes

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Mesopristes Higher classification Terapontidae Order Perciformes		Family Terapontidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Similar Terapontidae, Leiopotherapon, Perciformes

rare silver grunter mesopristes argenteus

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 include:

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

Mesopristes Wikipedia

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