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Fourline Trumpeter

Pelates quadrilineatus

Also known as: Fourline Grunter, Fourline Terapon, Fourline Trumpeter, Fourline-striped Grunter, Four-lined Grunter Perch, Four-lined Terapon, Four-lined Terapon Perch, Four-lined Teraponid, Red-mouthed Tigerfish, Squeaking Perch, Terapon Perch, Trumpeter, Trumpeter Perch

Adult
@hydradon · Singapore, Singapore · April 20191 / 1

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Overview

Found in schools, over brackish waters, of estuaries and coastlines.

Grunters have this name because of the loud grunting noise that is produced by the swimbladder.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific, Mediterranean
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Found in schools, over brackish waters, of estuaries and coastlines.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyTerapontidae
    6. genusPelates
    7. speciesPelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790)

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    More in the family

    Grunters-Tigerperches (Terapontidae)