fourlined terapon

Pelates quadrilineatus

Thirty Centimeters Terapontid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea

fourlined terapon is a fish from Indo-West Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Pelates
Maximum length: 30 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan, New Guinea and Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ). Reported from Vanuatu (Ref. 13300 ). Migrated to the Mediterranean from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385 ).

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