Pelates
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Pelates, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species.[2]
| Pelates | |
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| Fourlined terapon Pelates quadrilineatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Pelates Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Pelates quadrilineatus (Cuvier, 1829)[1] | |
Species
- Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter)
- Pelates qinglanensis (Sun, 1991)
- Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)
The Eastern striped grunter (Helotes sexlineatus) is sometimes placed in the genus Pelates.[3]
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