Genus Terapon Cuvier, 1816

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• Terapon Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [295] [apparently an incorrect transliteration from the Greek word for slave, but incorrect transliteration is not grounds for emendation].

  Type species:

   Holocentrus servus Bloch, 1790 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1876. Systema Percarum revisum Pars I et II. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 11: 247-340 [267].
• Therapon Cloquet, H. 1819. [Poissons]. In, Levrault, F.G. (ed.) Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Strasbourg Vol. 15 543 pp. [299] [unjustified emmendation of Terapon. (see Vari 1978) intention is by indicating that the spelling must be Therapon; many species were described under the name Therapon, under Article 51.3.1. of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, parentheses are not to be used for a change in genus, when species are described as Therapon and later placed in Terapon].
• Autisthes De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [398].

  Type species:

   Autisthes argenteus De Vis, 1884 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 [255]
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [371]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.

Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2018	TERAPONTIDAE	30-Apr-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
05-Dec-2012		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED