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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Pomadasys: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, dasys = with hair (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 49 m (Ref. 122701). Tropical; 30°N - 35°S

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Western Indian Ocean: northwest coast of India to southern Oman, south to South Africa, Seychelles, and Madagascar.

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Maturity: L_m 38.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2799)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Juveniles without spots on body (Ref. 2799).

Found in coastal waters, estuaries, and tidal fissures; can tolerate freshwater. It can jet a stream of water into the mud to expose crustaceans, worms and small bivalves which it feeds on (Ref. 11441); including fish (Ref. 5213). Tasty food fish (Ref. 2799). Maximum depth range from Ref. 122702.

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Smith, M.M. and R.J. McKay, 1986. Haemulidae. p. 564-571. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2799)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22 - 27.9, mean 26.8 °C (based on 146 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.01230 - 0.02952), b=2.95 (2.83 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Generation time: 5.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.07-0.42).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 31 [11, 60] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.547 [0.284, 0.949] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.9 [18.0, 21.6] % ; Omega3 = 0.135 [0.076, 0.229] g/100g ; Selenium = 37.4 [22.7, 67.5] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 39.3 [14.1, 108.1] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.06 [0.74, 1.61] mg/100g (wet weight);

Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801)