Mesopristes
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| Mesopristes | |
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| Mesopristes argenteus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Mesopristes Bleeker, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Mesopristes macracanthus, a synonym of Datnia argentea Bleeker 1873[1] | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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.
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