Pelates, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, containing 3 species.

Species Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840) (western striped trumpeter) Pelates qinglanensis (Sun, 1991) Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)

The Eastern striped grunter (Helotes sexlineatus) is sometimes placed in the genus Pelates.

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