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Mesopristes
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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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Silver Grunter

speciesMesopristes argenteus

Tapiroid Grunter

speciesMesopristes cancellatus

Orange-spotted Therapon

speciesMesopristes kneri

Mesopristes elongatus

speciesMesopristes elongatus

Silver Grunter

speciesMesopristes iravi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89884.