Haemulidae

striped grunter

Pomadasys striatus

Fish Reaching Twenty Two Centimeters in the Western Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Pomadasys is a genus of grunts native to the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast of the Americas. The name of this genus is a compound of poma meaning "lid" or "covering" and dasys meaning "rough", a reference to the serrated preopercle.