After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 ["The Fishbase"]

<==o Teraponidae [Terapontidae, Theraponidae] (grunters, tigerperches)? [N: 16/45] [FB: 15/48]
   |--o Amniataba [3]
   |  |-- A. affinis (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Tiger grunter)
   |  |-- A. caudavittata (Richardson, 1845) (Yellowtail trumpeter)
   |  `-- A. percoides (Günther, 1864) (Barred grunter)
   |--o Bidyanus [2]
   |  |-- B. bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) (Bidyan perch)
   |  `-- B. welchi (McCulloch & Waite, 1917)
   |-- Hannia greenwayi Vari, 1978 (Greenway's grunter)
   |--o Hephaestus [13]
   |  |-- H. adamsoni (Trewavas, 1940) (Adamson's grunter)
   |  |-- H. carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch, 1916)
   |  |-- H. epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins, 1978 (Long-nose sooty grunter)
   |  |-- H. fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) (Black bream)
   |  |-- H. habbemai (Weber, 1910) (Mountain grunter)
   |  |-- H. jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945)
   |  |-- H. komaensis Allen & Jebb, 1993
   |  |-- H. lineatus Allen, 1984 (Lined grunter)
   |  |-- H. obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977)
   |  |-- H. raymondi (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Raymond's grunter)
   |  |-- H. roemeri (Weber, 1910) (Röemer's grunter)
   |  |-- H. transmontanus (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Sepik grunter)
   |  `-- H. trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883) (Threespot grunter)
   |?- Lagusia micracanthus (Bleeker, 1860)
   |--o Leiopotherapon [4]
   |  |-- L. aheneus (Mees, 1963) (Fortescue grunter)
   |  |-- L. macrolepis Vari, 1978 (Large-scale grunter)
   |  |-- L. plumbeus (Kner, 1864)
   |  `-- L. unicolor (Günther, 1859) (Spangled perch)
   |--o Mesopristes [4]
   |  |-- M. argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) (Silver grunter)
   |  |-- M. cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Tapiroid grunter)
   |  |-- M. elongatus (Guichenot, 1866) (Plain terapon)
   |  `-- M. kneri (Bleeker, 1876) (Orange-spotted therapon)
   |--o Pelates [Helotes] [3]
   |  |-- P. octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840) (Western striped trumpeter)
   |  |-- P. quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Fourlined terapon)
   |  `-- P. sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Six-lined trumpeter)
   |-- Pelsartia humeralis (Ogilby, 1899)
   |--o Pingalla [3]
   |  |-- P. gilberti Whitley, 1955 (Gilbert's grunter)
   |  |-- P. lorentzi (Weber, 1910) (Lorentz's grunter)
   |  `-- P. midgleyi Allen & Merrick, 1984 (Black-blotch grunter)
   |-- Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
   |--o Scortum [3]
   |  |-- S. barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917)
   |  |-- S. hillii (Castelnau, 1878) (Leathery grunter)
   |  `-- S. parviceps (Macleay, 1883) (Small-headed grunter)
   |--o Syncomistes [4]
   |  |-- S. butleri Vari, 1978
   |  |-- S. kimberleyensis Vari, 1978 (Kimberley grunter)
   |  |-- S. rastellus Vari & Hutchins, 1978 (Drysdale grunter)
   |  `-- S. trigonicus Vari, 1978
   |--o Terapon [3]
   |  |-- T. jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) (Jarbua terapon)
   |  |-- T. puta (Cuvier, 1829) (Small-scaled terapon)
   |  `-- T. theraps (Cuvier, 1829) (Largescaled therapon)
   `--o Variichthys [Varia] [2]
      |-- V. jamoerensis (Mees, 1971) (Jamur Lake grunter)
      `-- V. lacustris (Mees & Kailola, 1977) (Lake grunter)

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