striped piggy

Pomadasys stridens

Twenty Centimeters Haemulid Fish of the Red Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
South Asia
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Pomadasys stridens, the striped piggy or lined piggy, is a grunt from the western Indian Ocean and is one of a group of Indo-Pacific marine species which have colonised the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, a process known as Lessepsian migration.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Pomadasys
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indian Ocean: Red Sea, off South Africa, and off western India (37522). Mediterranean Sea: A lessepsian migrant (Ref. 43448 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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