Pelates Explained

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, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)

The Eastern striped grunter (Helotes sexilineatus) is sometimes placed in the genus Pelates.