jarbua terapon

noun

An edible omnivorous fish of species Terapon jarbua, fawn in color on top, cream-colored below, with a dark nape, and three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin, of the Actinopterygii order.

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crescent perchcrescent-banded gruntercrescent-banded tiger-fishcrescent grunterjarbuasqueaking perchthornfishthreestripe tigerfish
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Meanings

nounjarbua terapon (plural jarbua terapons)

plural jarbua terapons

  1. An edible omnivorous fish of species Terapon jarbua, fawn in color on top, cream-colored below, with a dark nape, and three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin, of the Actinopterygii order.

    Synonyms: crescent perch, crescent-banded grunter, crescent-banded tiger-fish, crescent grunter, jarbua, squeaking perch, thornfish, threestripe tigerfish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn edible omnivorous fish of species Terapon jarbua, fawn in color on top, cream-colored below, with a dark nape, and three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin, of the Actinopterygii order.

Similar
crescent perchcrescent-banded gruntercrescent-banded tiger-fishcrescent grunterjarbuasqueaking perchthornfishthreestripe tigerfishtiger perch

Translations

Afrikaans doringvis
  • doringvisTerapon jarbua
Bengali বরগুনি
  • বরগুনি (borguni)Terapon jarbua
Chinese Mandarin 細鱗鯻 /细鳞𬶟, 细鳞鯻
  • 細鱗鯻 /细鳞𬶟 (xìlínlà)Terapon jarbua
  • 细鳞鯻 (xìlínlà)Terapon jarbua
  • 花身鯻 /花身𬶟 (huāshēnlà)Terapon jarbua
Danish jarbua
  • jarbuaTerapon jarbua
Finnish tiikeriahven
  • tiikeriahvenTerapon jarbua
French violon jarbua, peau d'âne (Seychelles)
  • violon jarbuaTerapon jarbua
  • peau d'âne (Seychelles)Terapon jarbua
  • violon rélégué gendarme (N. Caledonia) (N. Caledonia)Terapon jarbua
Japanese 琴引, 矢形伊佐木
  • 琴引 (kotohiki)Terapon jarbua
  • 矢形伊佐木 (yagata-isaki)Terapon jarbua
Korean 살벤자리
  • 살벤자리 (salbenjari)Terapon jarbua
Malay gelama, kelong-kelong
  • gelamaTerapon jarbua
  • kelong-kelongTerapon jarbua
  • kerong-kerongTerapon jarbua
Portuguese peixe-zebra violão
  • peixe-zebra violãoTerapon jarbua
Spanish baraonga jarbúa
  • baraonga jarbúaTerapon jarbua
Swahili ngagu
  • ngaguTerapon jarbua
Swedish jarbua
  • jarbuaTerapon jarbua
Tagalog bagaong, gagaong
  • bagaongTerapon jarbua
  • gagaongTerapon jarbua
Tamil கீளி, கோவக் கீச்சான்
  • கீளி (kīḷi)Terapon jarbua
  • கோவக் கீச்சான் (kōvak kīccāṉ)Terapon jarbua
  • பாலீன் கீசசான் (pālīṉ kīcacāṉ)Terapon jarbua
  • பூட்டாங் கீளி (pūṭṭāṅ kīḷi)Terapon jarbua
  • சவத்திண்ணிகீளி (cavattiṇṇikīḷi)Terapon jarbua
  • சாவாதீன்னீகீளீ (cāvātīṉṉīkīḷī)Terapon jarbua
  • பூட்டன்கீளீ (pūṭṭaṉkīḷī)Terapon jarbua
  • கோவகீச்சன் (kōvakīccaṉ)Terapon jarbua
  • கீசன் (kīcaṉ)Terapon jarbua
  • கீளீTerapon jarbua
Thai ข้างตะเภาลายโค้ง
  • ข้างตะเภาลายโค้งTerapon jarbua
Vietnamese Cá Căng cát, Cá ham
  • Cá Căng cátTerapon jarbua
  • Cá hamTerapon jarbua
  • Cá OngTerapon jarbua
Cite this entry
APA

jarbua terapon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarbua%20terapon

MLA

“jarbua terapon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarbua%20terapon. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jarbua terapon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarbua%20terapon.

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