silver grunt

Pomadasys argenteus

Haemulid Fish of Indo West Pacific

Silver
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Pomadasys argenteus, the silver grunt, silver javelin, grunter bream, small-spotted grunter-bream, small-spotted javelin fish, trumpeter or white-finned javelin fish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt from the family Haemulidae. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is the type species of the genus Pomadasys.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Pomadasys
Maximum length: 70 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to the Philippines (but without record from the Persian Gulf), north to southern Japan (Ref. 559 ), and south to northern Australia. Also reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 11889 ). Recently recorded from Oman (Ref. 11441 ) and Kuwait (Ref. 80050 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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