Perca indica Gronow

Parenti, Paolo, Kullander, Sven & Randall, John E., 2013, Taxonomic And Nomenclatural Status Of Perca Argentea Linnaeus, 1758, Perca Vaila Osbeck, 1770, And Perca Indica Gronow In Gray, 1854 (Osteichthyes, Terapontidae And Moronidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (1), pp. 303-310 : 307

Perca indica Gronow

Perca indica Gronow (in Gray, 1854: 114) was described from India, but apparently was never reported in checklists of the area. The original diagnosis may be translated as follows: “ Perca having body and caudal fin with stripes; two approached dorsal fins; head scaleless, smooth; opercle scaled, spiniferous; caudal fin lunate. Habitat: India. Description: general aspect similar to the common perch; five inches of length; head scaleless, but with scales below the eye and on the opercle; upper margin of the preopercle uniformly serrate; opercle armed with a long strong spine; dorsal profile elevated anteriorly to the origin of the dorsal fin, after which it starts to decline. Two dorsal fins, very close to one another, so that they can certainly be said to be joined. Anterior fin more elevated, comb-like, armed with 11 spines; posterior lower, smooth, almost rectangular, with 11 rays. Pectoral fins short, lanceolate, inserted slightly below the midline, and formed by 14 rays. Ventral fins subthoracic, inserted slightly posterior to the pectorals, of which they are a little longer, formed by 6 rays, the first spinous. Anal fin placed under the soft dorsal and composed of 11 rays, the first 3 spinous, strong, roughly equal. Caudal fin forked. Scales rather large, ctenoid. Colour yellowish, brownish on the back; a dark stripe running straight from midline on head to caudal fin. Spinous portion of the dorsal fin marked with a black blotch. Five longitudinal, almost parallel, black, and quite large lines on caudal fin.” Based on this detailed description Perca indica is identified here as a new junior synonym of Terapon theraps (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829).