Pelates

Life-forms

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: Pelates
Species: P. octolineatus – P. quadrilineatus – P. qinglanensis – P. sexlineatus
Name

Pelates Cuvier, 1829
References

Pelates – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pelates species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Pelates, is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species in it.[2]
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.[3]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pelates". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Pelates in FishBase. December 2020 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pelates "Species in the genus 'Pelates'". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2020.