Terapon


Terapon is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.
Its deprecated junior homonym is Therapon. It was introduced since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word . In fact, the intended etymology was script=Latn = "strange thing, monster, wonder" + script=Latn = "marine", pertaining to the sea.

Species

There are three species in the genus Terapon: