Mesopristes Explained

Mesopristes is a genus of ray-finned 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

Species include:^[1]

• Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) - 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

Notes and References

1. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013.