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Mesopristes

Mesopristes is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine waters near the coast in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species include:

  • Mesopristes argenteus (De Vis, 1884) - silver grunter
  • Mesopristes cancellatus ( Cuvier, 1829) - tapiroid grunter
  • Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) - plain terapon
  • Mesopristes iravi (Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002)
  • Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1876) - orange-spotted therapon