Terapon

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = XRF-Terapon jarbua.jpg | image_caption = ''Terapon jarbua'' | taxon = Terapon | authority = Cuvier, 1815 | type_species = ''Holocentrus servus'' | type_species_authority = Bloch, 1790<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=913|title =''Terapon''|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text | synonyms = *''Therapon'' Cloquet, 1819 }}

'''''Terapon''''', also known as the '''grunters''' or '''trumpeters''' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase family | family = Terapontidae | month = December | year = 2019}}</ref>

An unjustified emendation that has appeared in the literature is ''Therapon''. It was introduced in 1819 since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word ''therapon''.<ref name=catalog>Eschmeyer, W. N. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eJoWAQAAIAAJ&q=Terapon+Cloquet ''Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes''.] California Academy of Sciences. 1990.</ref> In fact, the intended etymology was {{langx|el-Latn|teras}} = "strange thing, monster, wonder" (cf. ''teratosaurus'') + {{langx|el-Latn|pontios|link=no}} = "marine", pertaining to the sea.<ref name=fishbase/>

==Species== There are three species in the genus ''Terapon'':<ref name = fishbase/>

* ''Terapon jarbua'' Fabricius, 1775 (Jarbua terapon) * ''Terapon puta'' Cuvier, 1829 (Small-scaled terapon) * ''Terapon theraps'' Cuvier, 1829 (Largescaled terapon)

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Category:Terapon Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier