Terapon jarbua

Terapon jarbua
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Terapontidae
Genus:	Terapon
Species:	T. jarbua
Binomial name
	Terapon jarbua; (Fabricius [ex Forsskål] in Niebuhr, 1775)
Synonyms
	List Terapon timorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; Sciaena jarbua Fabricius, 1775; Holocentrus jarbua (Fabricius, 1775); Holocentrus servus Bloch, 1790; Grammistes servus (Bloch, 1790); Terapon servus (Bloch, 1790); Therapon servus (Bloch, 1790); Coius trivittatus Hamilton, 1822; Pterapon trivittatus Gray, 1846; Therapon farna Bleeker, 1879; Stereolepis inoko Schmidt, 1931; ;

Terapon jarbua, also known as the jarbua terapon, crescent grunter, crescent banded grunter, crescent perch, spiky trumpeter, thornfish or tiger perch, is a species of ray-finned fish, of the family Terapontidae with a distribution in the Indo-Pacific. It is an important commercial species within its range and is sometimes found in the aquarium trade where it is known as "target fish" for the pattern visible from above.