Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei
Familia: Terapontidae
Genus: Mesopristes
Species: M. argenteus – M. cancellatus – M. elongatus – M. iravi – M. kneri
Name
Mesopristes Bleeker, 1873
References
Mesopristes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Mesopristes species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
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
Species include:[2]
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
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Terapontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013.
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