Terapon jarbua

Terapon jarbua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Terapon
Species:
T. jarbua
Binomial name
Terapon jarbua
(Fabricius [ex Forsskål] in Niebuhr, 1775)[2]
Synonyms[4]
  • Terapon timorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Sciaena jarbua Fabricius, 1775
  • Holocentrus jarbua (Fabricius, 1775)[3]
  • Holocentrus servus Bloch, 1790
  • Grammistes servus (Bloch, 1790)
  • Terapon servus (Bloch, 1790)
  • Therapon servus (Bloch, 1790)
  • Coius trivittatus Hamilton, 1822
  • Pterapon trivittatus Gray, 1846
  • Therapon farna Bleeker, 1879
  • Stereolepis inoko Schmidt, 1931

Terapon jarbua, the jarbua terapon, crescent grunter, crescent banded grunter, crescent perch, spiky trumpeter, thornfish or tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish, a grunter of the family Terapontidae. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific. it is an important commercial species within its range and is sometimes found in the aquarium trade where it is known as "target fish" for the pattern visible from above.

Terapon jarbua showing distinctive concentric pattern from above, Cairns
Terapon jarbua, Philippines
  1. ^ Dahanukar, N.; Kaymaram, F.; Alnazry, H.; Al-Husaini, M.; Almukhtar, M.; Hartmann, S.; Alam, S.; Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Terapon jarbua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T166892A46643542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T166892A46643542.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ronald (2008). "Authorship, availability and validity of fish names described by Peter (Pehr) Simon Forsskål and Johann Christian Fabricius in the 'Descriptiones animalium' by Carsten Niebuhr in 1775 (Pisces)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 1: 1–76.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sciaena jarbus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Terapon jarbua". FishBase. December 2019 version.