Jarbua terapon
Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Terapon jarbua, also known as the jarbua terapon, crescent grunter, crescent banded grunter, crescent perch, spiky trumpeter, thornfish or tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish, of the family Terapontidae, with a distribution in the Indo-Pacific. It is an important commercial species within its range and is sometimes found in the aquarium trade, where it is known as "target fish" for the pattern visible from above.
Wikipedia contributors, Terapon jarbua; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:12:05.137914+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
- Name authority
- (Forsskål, 1775)
- Common name
- Jarbua terapon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Genus
- Terapon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyTerapontidae Richardson, 1842
- genusTerapon Cuvier, 1816
- speciesTerapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Terapon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| largescaled theraponTerapon theraps Cuvier, 1829 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| small-scaled teraponTerapon puta Cuvier, 1829 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Grammistes servus (Bloch, 1790) (Bloch, 1790) | synonym |
| Pterapon trivittatus Gray, 1846 Gray, 1846 | synonym |
| Terapon timorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | synonym |
| Therapon farna Bleeker, 1879 Bleeker, 1879 | synonym |
| Therapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Therapon servus (Bloch, 1790) (Bloch, 1790) | synonym |
| Holocentrus servus Bloch, 1790 Bloch, 1790 | synonym |
| Coius trivittatus Hamilton, 1822 Hamilton, 1822 | ambiguous synonym |
| Holocentrus jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Stereolepis inoko Schmidt, 1931 Schmidt, 1931 | synonym |
| Terapon servus (Bloch, 1790) (Bloch, 1790) | synonym |
| Therapon jarboa (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Sciaena jarbua Forsskål, 1775 Forsskål, 1775 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218350 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:55DL2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.