Terapontidae

Grunters or tigerperches

59 species

1. 1Amniataba affinis (Mees & Kailola, 1977) · Tiger grunterfresh · tropical
2. 2Amniataba caudavittata (Richardson, 1845) · Yellowtail trumpeterfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Amniataba percoides (Günther, 1864) · Barred grunterfresh · tropical
4. 4Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) · Silver perchfresh · subtropical
5. 5Bidyanus welchi (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) · Welch's grunterfresh · temperate
6. 6Hannia greenwayi Vari, 1978 · Greenway's grunterfresh · tropical
7. 7Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · Eastern striped grunterbrackish · ocean · tropical
8. 8Hephaestus adamsoni (Trewavas, 1940) · Adamson's grunterfresh · tropical
9. 9Hephaestus carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916) · Coal grunterfresh · tropical
10. 10Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978 · Longnose sooty grunterfresh · tropical
11. 11Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) · Sooty grunterfresh · tropical
12. 12Hephaestus habbemai (Weber, 1910) · Mountain grunterfresh · tropical
13. 13Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945) · Western sooty grunterfresh · temperate
14. 14Hephaestus komaensis Allen & Jebb, 1993fresh · tropical
15. 15Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984 · Lined grunterfresh · tropical
16. 16Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)fresh · tropical
17. 17Hephaestus raymondi (Mees & Kailola, 1977) · Raymond's grunterfresh · tropical
18. 18Hephaestus roemeri (Weber, 1910) · Röemer's grunterfresh · tropical
19. 19Hephaestus transmontanus (Mees & Kailola, 1977) · Sepik grunterfresh · tropical
20. 20Hephaestus trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883) · Threespot grunterfresh · tropical
21. 21Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis, 1884fresh · tropical
22. 22Lagusia micracanthus (Bleeker, 1860)fresh · brackish · tropical
23. 23Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees, 1963) · Fortescus grunterfresh · tropical
24. 24Leiopotherapon macrolepis Vari, 1978 · Kimberley spangled perchfresh · tropical
25. 25Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864)fresh · tropical
26. 26Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) · Spangled perchfresh · brackish · temperate
27. 27Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) · Silver grunterfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
28. 28Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) · Tapiroid grunterfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
29. 29Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) · Plain teraponfresh · brackish · tropical
30. 30Mesopristes iravi Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002fresh · brackish · tropical
31. 31Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1876) · Orange-spotted theraponfresh · brackish · tropical
32. 32Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840) · Western striped grunterbrackish · ocean · subtropical
33. 33Pelates qinglanensis (Sun, 1991)ocean · tropical
34. 34Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) · Fourlined teraponbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
35. 35Pelsartia humeralis (Ogilby, 1899) · Sea trumpeterocean · temperate
36. 36Pingalla gilberti Whitley, 1955 · Gilbert's grunterfresh · tropical
37. 37Pingalla lorentzi (Weber, 1910) · Lorentz's grunterfresh · tropical
38. 38Pingalla midgleyi Allen & Merrick, 1984 · Midgley's grunterfresh · tropical
39. 39Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
40. 40Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) · Barcoo grunterfresh · temperate
41. 41Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) · Leathery grunterfresh · brackish · tropical
42. 42Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley, 1993 · Neil's grunterfresh · tropical
43. 43Scortum parviceps (Macleay, 1883) · Smallhead grunterfresh · tropical
44. 44Syncomistes bonapartensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017fresh · tropical
45. 45Syncomistes butleri Vari, 1978 · Sharpnose grunterfresh · temperate
46. 46Syncomistes carcharus Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017 · Sharp-toothed grunterfresh · tropical
47. 47Syncomistes dilliensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017 · Dillie grunterfresh · tropical
48. 48Syncomistes holsworthi Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017fresh · tropical
49. 49Syncomistes kimberleyensis Vari, 1978 · Kimberley grunterfresh · tropical
50. 50Syncomistes moranensis Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017fresh · tropical
51. 51Syncomistes rastellus Vari & Hutchins, 1978 · Drysdale grunterfresh · tropical
52. 52Syncomistes trigonicus Vari, 1978 · Longnose grunterfresh · temperate
53. 53Syncomistes versicolor Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017fresh · tropical
54. 54Syncomistes wunambal Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2017fresh · tropical
55. 55Terapon jarbua (Fabricius, 1775) · Jarbua teraponfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
56. 56Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829 · Small-scaled teraponfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
57. 57Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 · Largescaled teraponfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
58. 58Variichthys jamoerensis (Mees, 1971) · Jamur Lake grunterfresh · tropical
59. 59Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977) · Lake grunterfresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.