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{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image = Pelates quadrilineatus.jpg
| image_caption = Fourlined terapon ''Pelates quadrilineatus''
| taxon = Pelates
| authority = [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829
| type_species = ''Pelates quadrilineatus''
| type_species_authority = (Cuvier, 1829)<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=1125|title=''Pelates''|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
'''''Pelates''''', is a genus of [[ray-finned fish]] in the family [[Terapontidae]], containing 3 species.<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Pelates|month=December|year=2020}}</ref>
== Species ==
* ''[[Pelates octolineatus]]'' <small>([[Leonard Jenyns|Jenyns]], 1840)</small> (western striped trumpeter)
* ''[[Pelates qinglanensis]]'' <small>([[Sun Bao-Ling|Sun]], 1991)</small>
* ''[[Pelates quadrilineatus]]'' <small>([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]], 1790)</small> (Fourlined terapon)
The [[Eastern striped grunter]] (''Helotes sexilineatus'') is sometimes placed in the genus ''Pelates''.<ref name = CofFG>{{Cof genus|genus=''Pelates''|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Terapontidae]]
[[Category:Ray-finned fish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier]]
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