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Jarbua terapon
Terapon jarbua
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Jarbua terapon
- Scientific
- Terapon jarbua
- Dhivehi
- ގުރުވަGuruva
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Terapontidae (grunters)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 36 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 32 cm
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 20 to 350 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A silvery grunter with three or four curved dark stripes along the body, a black blotch on the spiny dorsal fin and dark stripes on the tail. It lives over shallow sand and enters brackish and fresh water; it is reported to nibble the scales of other fish.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name guruva (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Terapon-jarbua.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގުރުވަ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Terapon_jarbua.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Guruva' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ގުރުވަ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FishBase also lists 'Galikooru' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used.