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Common names: Banded grunter, Banded trumpeter, Flagtail grunter
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Johannes, R.E. and J.W. MacFarlane, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland, incl. the Great Barrier Reef and Burnett River (Ref. 7300); also from the Torres Strait Islands (Ref. 13465). Museum: LPPL JIF39 (TGT2213). Also Ref. 5978, 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Johnson, J.W., 1999
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Terapontidae (Grunters or tigerperches)
Etymology: More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 36°N - 35°S, 20°E - 168°E

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, Persian Gulf to India and Andaman Islands; and southeast Asia. Reaches south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northern Australia (Ref. 3131).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4327)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Body oval, compressed, robust. Lower opercular spine extending well beyond the opercular flap. Post-temporal bone exposed posteriorly and serrate. Color is dusky green above, white below; body, head and fins with an iridescent sheen. Four longitudinal brown stripes extend on the upper side from the head. A large prominent black blotch is on the distal end of the spinous portion of the dorsal fin. Similar brown stripes run across the caudal fin. (from Ref. 3131).

Adults inhabit coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Often found in brackish waters (Ref. 4833). Juveniles with floating weeds, often far offshore (Ref. 48635). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).

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Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 February 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 3179 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00683 - 0.01843), b=3.04 (2.90 - 3.18), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.46 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6-0.8).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Terapon theraps Cuvier, 1829