Biology:Pelates

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pelates
Pelates quadrilineatus.jpg
Fourlined terapon Pelates quadrilineatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Pelates
Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Pelates quadrilineatus
(Cuvier, 1829)[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2461381 entry