terapon

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = XRF-Terapon jarbua.jpg

| image_caption = Terapon jarbua

| taxon = Terapon

| authority = Cuvier, 1815

| type_species = Holocentrus servus

| type_species_authority = Bloch, 1790{{Cof record|genid=913|title =Terapon|access-date=10 May 2020}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = see text

| synonyms = *Therapon Cloquet, 1819

}}

Terapon, also known as the grunters or trumpeters is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters.{{FishBase family | family = Terapontidae | month = December | year = 2019}}

An unjustified emendation that has appeared in the literature is Therapon. It was introduced in 1819 since "Terapon" was perceived as an incorrect rendering of the Greek word therapon.Eschmeyer, W. N. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eJoWAQAAIAAJ&q=Terapon+Cloquet Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes.] California Academy of Sciences. 1990. In fact, the intended etymology was {{langx|el-Latn|teras}} = "strange thing, monster, wonder" (cf. teratosaurus) + {{langx|el-Latn|pontios|link=no}} = "marine", pertaining to the sea.