Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the

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Percoidea of the

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Perciformes.

Characteristics

The Terapontidae is a large family of small to medium-sized perciform fishes which occur in marine, brackish and fresh waters in the

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region. They are characterised by a single long-based dorsal fin which has a notch marking the boundary between the spiny and soft-rayed portions. They have small to moderate-sized scales, a continuous

lateral line The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water. The sensory ability is achieved via modified epithelial ...

reaching the caudal fin, and most species lack teeth on the roof of the mouth. The marine species are found in inshore sea and brackish waters, some species are able to enter extremely saline and fresh waters. In Australia and New Guinea there are a number of species restricted to fresh water.

Classification

The following genera are classified within the family Terpontidae: * ''

Amniataba ''Amniataba'' is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, that includes three species, with two being found in Oceania, and one in the Western Central Pacific. Species * ''Amniataba affinis'' ( Mees & Kailola, 1977) (tiger grunter) * ''A ...

'' Whitley, 1943 * ''

Hannia Greenway's grunter (''Hannia greenwayi'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to the northern part of Western Australia. Description Greenway's grunter is a small, slender golden to ...

'' Vari, 1978 * '' Helotes''

Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1829 * '' Hephaestus'' De Vis, 1884 * '' Lagusia'' Vari 1978 * '' Leiopotherapon'' Fowler, 1931 * '' Mesopristes''

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Pelates ''Pelates'', is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it. Species * ''Pelates octolineatus'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter) * ''Pelates qinglanensis'' (Sun, 1991) * ''Pelates quadrilineatus'' ( Bloch, ...

'' Cuvier, 1829 * ''

Pelsartia The sea trumpeter (''Pelsartia humeralis'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to the southeastern Indian Ocean off the southwestern coats of Australia. Description The sea trumpeter has ...

'' Whitley, 1943 * '' Pingalla'' Whitley, 1955 * '' Rhynchopelates'' Fowler, 1931 * '' Scortum'' Whitley, 1943 * ''

Syncomistes ''Syncomistes'' is a genus of Australian freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. Species Species include: * '' Syncomistes bonapartensis'' Shelley, Delaval Delaval is the surname of a family of gentry/aristocr ...

'' Vari, 1978 * ''

Terapon ''Terapon'', also known as the grunters or Trumpeter (disambiguation), trumpeters is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Family (biology), family Terapontidae, the grunters. Its deprecated junior homonym is ''Therapon''. It was introduced since " ...

'' Cuvier, 1816 * ''

Variichthys ''Variichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Terapontidae from New Guinea and northern Australia. It was formerly known as ''Varia'', but this name is preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the con ...

'' Allen, 1993

Timeline

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Neogene The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. ...

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Pelates ''Pelates'', is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it. Species * ''Pelates octolineatus'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter) * ''Pelates qinglanensis'' (Sun, 1991) * ''Pelates quadrilineatus'' ( Bloch, ...

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1433153 Perciformes families