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Genera in the family or subfamily Terapontidae: [ 30 ] records

Amniataba Whitley [G. P.] 1943:183 Fem. Therapon [Terapon] percoides Günther 1864. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Amniataba Whitley 1943 -- (Vari 1978:238 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:531 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:121 [ref. 21090], Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126], Allen et al. 2006:1332 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:15 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Amniataba Whitley 1943. Terapontidae.

Amphitherapon Whitley [G. P.] 1943:183 Masc. Datnia caudavittata Richardson 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Amniataba Whitley 1943 -- (Vari 1978:238 [ref. 4514]). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). Current status: Synonym of Amniataba Whitley 1943. Terapontidae.

Archeria Nichols [J. T.] 1949:5 Fem. Archeria jamesonoides Nichols 1949. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Archeria Case 1918 in Reptilia. •Synonym of Hephaestus De Vis 1884 -- (Vari 1978:280 [ref. 4514]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hephaestus De Vis 1884. Terapontidae.

Archerichthys (subgenus of Leiopotherapon) Whitley [G. P.] 1951:398 Masc. Archeria jamesonoides Nichols 1949. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Archeria Nichols 1949, preoccupied by Archeria Case 1915 in reptiles. •Synonym of Hephaestus De Vis 1884 -- (Vari 1978:280 [ref. 4514]). Current status: Synonym of Hephaestus De Vis 1884. Terapontidae.

Autisthes De Vis [C. W.] 1884:398 Masc. Autisthes argenteus De Vis 1884. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Vari 1978:254 [ref. 4514], Vari 1986:304 [ref. 6205], but misspelled Authistes both times, see also Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183], Kottelat 2013:371 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Bidyanus Whitley [G. P.] 1943:182 Masc. Acerina (Cernua) bidyana Mitchell 1838. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Bidyanus Whitley 1943 -- (Vari 1978:297 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:532 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1333 [ref. 29004], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712], Kuiter 2018:64 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Bidyanus Whitley 1943. Terapontidae.

Datnia Cuvier [G.] 1829:148 Fem. Datnia argentea Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first in Cuvier (Mar.) 1829:147 (footnote) as above; then in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (Apr.) 1829 [ref. 4879]. Based on a misidentified type species; type species fixed by Kottelat 2000:93 [ref. 25865], not Coius datnia Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Acanthopagrus Peters 1855 -- (authors). •Synonym of Mesopristes Bleeker 1873 (often dated 1872) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1337 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Datnia Cuvier 1829 -- (Kottelat 2000:92 [ref. 25865], Kottelat 2013:368 [ref. 32989], Yoshigou 2019:136 [ref. 36562]). Current status: Synonym of Mesopristes Bleeker 1873. Terapontidae.

Djabub (subgenus of Sciaena) Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:44 Masc. Sciaena jarbua Forsskål 1775. Type by monotypy. An available name, but can be suppressed on the basis of no usage (literature) or a vernacular name not listed not listed on p. vi of genera (Kottelat 2013). •In the synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Kottelat 2013:371 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Eutherapon (subgenus of Therapon) Fowler [H. W.] 1904:527 Masc. Therapon theraps Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eutherapon Fowler 1904 -- (Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989], Yoshigou 2019:131 [ref. 36562]). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Vari 1978:254 [ref. 4514], Vari 1986:304 [ref. 6205]). Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Hannia Vari [R. P.] 1978:244 Fem. Hannia greenwayi Vari 1978. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hannia Vari 1978 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:532 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1334 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:16 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712], Shelley et al. 2020:572 [ref. 37869]). Current status: Valid as Hannia Vari 1978. Terapontidae.

Helotes Cuvier [G.] 1829:148 Masc. Terapon sexlineatus Quoy & Gaimard 1825. Type by monotypy. Appeared first in Cuvier (Mar.) 1829:148 as above, then in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (Nov.) 1829:149 [4879]. •Synonym of Pelates Cuvier 1829 -- (Vari 1978:249 [ref. 4514], Kottelat 2013:370 [ef. 32989]). •Valid as Helotes Cuvier 1829 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:31 [ref. 5183], Yoshigou 2019:127 [ref. 36562]). Current status: Valid as Helotes Cuvier 1829. Terapontidae.

Hephaestus De Vis [C. W.] 1884:399 Masc. Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis 1884. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Hephaestus De Vis 1884 -- (Vari 1978:279 [ref. 4514], Allen 1984 [ref. 6243], Paxton et al. 1989:533 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:122 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2006:1334 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:16 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013] but not monophyletic, Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Hephaestus De Vis 1884. Terapontidae.

Lagusia Vari [R. P.] 1978:247 Fem. Datnia micracanthus Bleeker 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lagusia Vari 1978 -- (Vari & Hadiaty 2012:158 [ref. 31811], Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Lagusia Vari 1978. Terapontidae.

Leiopotherapon (subgenus of Terapon) Fowler [H. W.] 1931:328, 353 Masc. Datnia plumbea Kner 1864. Type by original designation. Misspelled Leispotherapon in Zoological Record for 1931. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Leiopotherapon Fowler 1931 -- (Vari 1978:227 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:533 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1335 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:16 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Leiopotherapon Fowler 1931. Terapontidae.

Madigania Whitley [G. P.] 1945:10 Fem. Therapon unicolor Günther 1859. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Synonym of Leiopotherapon Fowler 1931 -- (Vari 1978:227 [ref. 4514], Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Leiopotherapon Fowler 1931. Terapontidae.

Mesopristes Bleeker [P.] 1873:372, 383 Masc. Mesopristes macracanthus Bleeker 1873 (= Datnia argentea Cuvier 1829). Type by subsequent designation. As name only in Bleeker 1845:523 [ref. 312], then as name in synonymy in Bleeker 1873:372, 383 [ref. 12588] (see Mees & Kailola 1977:33-34 [ref. 5183]). Validly used by Fowler 1918:36 [ref. 1396] so dates to Bleeker 1873, with included species by Fowler as above. See Kottelat 2000:93 [ref. 25865] for nomenclatural discussion and type species fixation for Datnia. •Objective synonym of Datnia Cuvier 1829 -- (Kottelat 2000:93 [ref. 25865]). •Valid as Mesopristes Bleeker 1873 -- (Vari 1978:270 [ref. 4514], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441], Vari 1986:304 [ref. 6205] and Paxton et al. 1989:534 [ref. 12442] and Allen 1991:126 [ref. 21090] but with date as Bleeker 1845 and type as macracanthus, Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126], Yoshino et al. 2002:234 [ref. 26332], Allen et al. 2006:1337 [ref. 29004], Maeda et al. 2011:45 [ref. 32004], Fricke et al. 2018:244 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Mesopristes Bleeker 1873. Terapontidae.

Mesopristes Fowler [H. W.] (ex Bleeker) 1918:36 Masc. Datnia argentea Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. Validates Mesopristes Bleeker 1873, unavailable from Bleeker 1845 (see previous entry). Type as "M. macracanthus Bleeker (= Datnia argentea Cuvier)." M. macracanthus is a nomen nudum and type is therefore argentea. Mesopristes Fowler 1918 would be recognized only if one disagrees with analysis of name in synonymy as applied to Mesopristes Bleeker 1873. •Synonym of Mesopristes Bleeker 1873. Current status: Synonym of Mesopristes Bleeker 1873. Terapontidae.

Papuservus Whitley [G. P.] 1943:182 Masc. Therapon trimaculatus Macleay 1883. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Hephaestus De Vis 1884 -- (Vari 1978:279 [ref. 4514]). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Pelates Cuvier [G.] 1829:148 Masc. Pelates quadrilineatus Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. One unavailable species listed in footnote; fuller description and 3 species in Cuvier & Valenciennes (Apr.) 1829:145-148 [ref. 4879]. Type apparently designated by Bleeker (not researched). Declarede a nomen protectum by Kottelat 2013:369. •Synonym of T[h]erapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Mesopristes Bleeker 1872 -- (Vari 1978:270 [ref. 4514], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441], Vari 1986:304 [ref. 6205] and Paxton et al. 1989:534 [ref. 12442] and Allen 1991:126 [ref. 21090] but with date as Bleeker 1845 and type as macracanthus, Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126], Yoshino et al. 2002:234 [ref. 26332], Allen et al. 2006:1337 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Pelates Cuvier 1829 -- (Tortonese 1973:363 [ref. 7192], Vari 1978:249 [ref. 4514], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441] as Pelatus, Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. 1986:797 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:543 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:534 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:560 [ref. 22532], Lee & Tsai 1999:279 [ref. 24218], Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126], Allen & Gomon 2008:618 [ref. 30653], Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:175 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:244 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:70 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2019:122 [ref. 36562]). Current status: Valid as Pelates Cuvier 1829. Terapontidae.

Pelsartia Whitley [G. P.] 1943:183 Fem. Therapon humeralis Ogilby 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Pelsartia Whitley 1943 -- (Vari 1978:264 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:561 [ref. 22532], Allen et al. 2006:1339 [ref. 29004], Allen & Gomon 2008:619 [ref. 30653]). Current status: Valid as Pelsartia Whitley 1943. Terapontidae.

Pingalla Whitley [G. P.] 1955:45 Fem. Pingalla gilberti Whitley 1955. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Pingalla Whitley 1955 -- (Vari 1978:307 [ref. 4514], Allen & Merrick 1984 [ref. 6248], Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:127 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2006:1339 [ref. 29004], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Pingalla Whitley 1955. Terapontidae.

Pristipoma Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:320 Neut. Pristipoma sexlineatum Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by monotypy. Declared a nomen oblitum by Kottelat 2013:369. •Synonym of Pelates Cuvier 2013 -- (Kottelat 2013:369 [ef. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pelates Cuvier 1829. Terapontidae.

Pseudoterapon Lee [S.-C.] & Tsai [M.-P.] 1999:283 Masc. Therapon theraps Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Eutherapon Fowler 1904 -- (Kottelat 2013:369 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (based on placement of the type species). Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Pterapon Gray [J. E.] 1835:Pl. 88 (v. 2) Masc. Pterapon trivittatus Gray 1846 (Coius trivittatus Hamilton 1822). Type by monotypy. Considered as a different spelling for Terapon Cuvier 1816, but no evidence in original to determine if an emendation or an intended new name. •In the synonymy of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Vari 1978:254 [ref. 4514], Vari 1986:304 [ref. 6205], Kottelat 2013:371 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Rhynchopelates (subgenus of Pelates) Fowler [H. W.] 1931:358, 363 Masc. Therapon oxyrhynchus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Rhynchopelates Fowler 1931 -- (Vari 1978:267 [ref. 4514] and Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:173 [ref. 6441] but as Rhyncopelates, Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126] but as Rhyncopelates, Kottelat 2013:370 [ref. 32989], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458] as Rhyncopelates, Yoshigou 2019:133 [ref. 36562]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchopelates Fowler 1931. Terapontidae.

Scortum Whitley [G. P.] 1943:183 Neut. Therapon parviceps Macleay 1883. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977:32 [ref. 5183]). •Valid as Scortum Whitley 1943 -- (Vari 1978:301 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:536 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 1993 [ref. 20788], Allen et al. 2006:1340 [ref. 29004], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Scortum Whitley 1943. Terapontidae.

Syncomistes Vari [R. P.] 1978:311 Masc. Syncomistes butleri Vari 1978. Type by original designation. •Valid as Syncomistes Vari 1978 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:536 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1341 [ref. 29004], Morgan 2011:16 [ref. 31262], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Syncomistes Vari 1978. Terapontidae.

Terapon Cuvier [G.] 1816:295 Masc. Holocentrus servus Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:267 [ref. 447] as jarbua = servus [jarbua not originally included]; Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 13, 1828:204 [ref. 3853] not valid. Vari (1978:255 [ref. 4514]) treats Terapon as an incorrect transliteration, and not to be emended to Therapon as by Cloquet 1819:299 [ref. 852] and others. •Valid as Terapon Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees & Kailola 1977 [ref. 5183] as Therapon, Vari 1978:255 [ref. 4514], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441], Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. 1986:798 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:544 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:537 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:342 [ref. 24860] as Therapon, Ye in Pan et al. 1991:403 [ref. 23876] as Therapon, Allen 1991:127 [ref. 21090], Lee & Tsai 1999:279 [ref. 24218], Vari 2001:3306 [ref. 26126], Ataur Rahman 2003:374 [ref. 31338], Allen et al. 2006:1341 [ref. 29004], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:43 [ref. 36649], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Minos et al. 2013:401 [ref. 32860], Kottelat 2013:371 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:176 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:244 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:70 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2019:128 [ref. 36562]). Current status: Valid as Terapon Cuvier 1816. Terapontidae.

Varia Allen [G. R.] 1991:128 Fem. Therapon jamoerensis Mees 1971. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Varia Walker 1867 in Lepidoptera, replaced by Variichthys Allen 1993. •Objective synonym of Variichthys Allen 1993 -- (Allen et al. 2006:1343 [ref. 29004]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Variichthys Allen 1993. Terapontidae.

Variichthys Allen [G. R.] 1993:459 Masc. Therapon jamoerensis Mees 1971. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Varia Allen 1991, preoccupied by Varia Walker 1867 in Lepidoptera. •Valid as Variichthys Allen 1993 -- (Allen & Pusey 1999:157 [ref. 24291], Allen et al. 2006:1343 [ref. 29004], Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Shelley et al. 2017:24 [ref. 35712]). Current status: Valid as Variichthys Allen 1993. Terapontidae.