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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Pomadasys
Maximum length: 22 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: known originally from Beira, Mozambique to Knysna, South Africa; reported from the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, but this might be a misidentification of Pomadasys stridens .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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