[uNGu]™ Fish : Terapon Species (Saltwater to Freshwater)

This is a post about the teraponids. Teraponids or the family teraponidae have a lot of species, most of them are marine and brackish species but majority of the brackish dwelling teraponids can live well in a freshwater aquarium.


The Terapon jarbua is very common in the shores, estuarines and rivers anywhere in the Philippines. You can see them in schools and are fast swimmers which proved difficult to catch especially the juveniles. I was able to catch them when i spent a night at EL Salvador, they were resting so i got a chance to catch a few with my bare hands with the help of a rechargeable flashlight for me to see. Abruptly transfering the Terapon jarbua from a saltwater to a freshwater setup will do them no harm.



COMMON NAME:
Target fish, Crescent perch and Crescent grunter

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Terapon jarbua

MANALILI/MAGALLANES NAME:
None - i have seen one vendor selling this fish once.

LOCAL NAME:
Kanigit, Bagaong kambang, Bagaw, Balauling, Banlaongan, Baraungan, Bigaong, Buga-ong, Bungao, Bungkaong, Gunggong,Langaat, Mayavayawong, Tutot

ORIGIN:
Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, The PHILIPPINES, Australia, and Lord Howe Island.

SIZE:
36.0 cm





COMMON NAME:
Largescaled terapon

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Terapon theraps

MANALILI/MAGALLANES NAME:
None

LOCAL NAME:
Kanigit, Bagaong kambang, Bagaw, Balauling, Banlaongan, Baraungan, Bigaong, Buga-ong, Bungao, Bungkaong, Gunggong,Langaat, Mayavayawong, Tutot

ORIGIN:
East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, India, Andaman, The PHILIPPINES and northern Australia

SIZE:
30.0 cm





COMMON NAME:
Smallscaled terapon

SICENTIFIC NAME:
Terapon Puta

MANALILI/MAGALLANES NAME:
None

LOCALNAME:
Kanigit, Bagaong kambang, Bagaw, Balauling, Banlaongan, Baraungan, Bigaong, Buga-ong, Bungao, Bungkaong, Gunggong,Langaat, Mayavayawong, Tutot

ORIGIN:
India, Australia and The PHILIPPINES

SIZE:
16.0 cm





COMMON NAME:
Six-lined trumpeter

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Terapon Pelates sexlineatus

MANALILI/MAGALLANES NAME:
None

LOCAL NAME:
Kanigit, Bagaong kambang, Bagaw, Balauling, Banlaongan, Baraungan, Bigaong, Buga-ong, Bungao, Bungkaong, Gunggong,Langaat, Mayavayawong, Tutot

ORIGIN:
Taiwan, Australia, Papua New Guinea and The PHILIPPINES

SIZE:
15.0 cm



The information below applies to the Terapon jarbua and it may or may not apply to the rest of the species in this post.

DIET:
Mainly livefoods but can be trained to eat meat based pellets to standard fishfoods.

NOTE:
In an aquarium setup, it is best to keep terapons with nimble and agile tankmates due to the fact that teraponids can become nippy towards other tankmates. Behaviours may vary among individuals.