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Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 
AphiaID: 218349

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Terapontidae (Family) > Terapon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Terapon Cuvier, 1816
Synonymised
taxa		  Eutherapon theraps (Cuvier, 1829)
 Therapon nigripinnis Macleay, 1881
 Therapon rubricatus Richardson, 1842
 Therapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English largescaled therapon  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5284). [details]
Image 
Therapon theraps
[image from synonym]
Therapon theraps
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218349
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218349 on 2013-05-18
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