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Terapontidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 650201

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Teraponidae
 
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyTerapontidae   
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusAmniataba Whitley, 1943  
                                     GenusBidyanus Whitley, 1943  
                                     GenusHannia Vari, 1978  
                                     GenusHephaestus De Vis, 1884  
                                     GenusLagusia Vari, 1978  
                                     GenusLeiopotherapon Fowler, 1931  
                                     GenusMesopristes Bleeker, 1873  
                                     GenusPelates Cuvier, 1829  
                                     GenusPelsartia Whitley, 1943  
                                     GenusPingalla Whitley, 1955  
                                     GenusRhynchopelates Fowler, 1931  
                                     GenusScortum Whitley, 1943  
                                     GenusSyncomistes Vari, 1978  
                                     GenusTerapon Cuvier, 1816 – tigerfishes 
                                     GenusVariichthys Allen, 1993  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Terapontidae   
       

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