Mesopristes is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine waters near the coast in the Indo-Pacific region.
Species Species include:Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Mesopristes. FishBase. 2013. Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) - silver grunter Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) - tapiroid grunter Mesopristes elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) - plain terapon Mesopristes iravi (Yoshino, Yoshigou & Senou, 2002) Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1876) - orange-spotted therapon
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