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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae Grunters or tigerperches

Genus: Pelates

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Dowling, C.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840)

Photo by Dowling, C.
 
Pelates octolineatus
[Western striped grunter]
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Northwest Pacific
 
Pelates qinglanensis
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Pelates quadrilineatus
[Fourlined terapon]
3 Species of Family Terapontidae with Genus Pelates
(Grunters or tigerperches)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1840 Pelates octolineatus Western striped grunter Eastern Indian Ocean 28 TL
1991 Pelates qinglanensis Northwest Pacific
1790 Pelates quadrilineatus Fourlined terapon Indo-West Pacific 30 TL



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