Small-scaled terapon (Terapon puta)

Scientific name: Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829

Small-scaled terapon (Terapon puta)

The Small-scaled terapon (Terapon puta) is a freshwater fish of the family Terapontidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, northern Indian Ocean and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. A lessepsian migrant, now prevalent in the Mediterranean.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Terapon puta
Family
Terapontidae (Grunters or tigerperches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: northern Indian Ocean and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. A lessepsian migrant, now prevalent in the Mediterranean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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