Scientific Name
Pomadasys stridens
Common Name
Striped piggy
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 13-14;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 7. Silvery, darker above, with 4 stripes along body and a dark brown opercular blotch (Ref. 2799). Upper opercle with a dark blotch and a stripe. Pored lateral line scales 49 - 53 and 5 - 6 on scaly sheath of caudal fin. Body depth in SL, 3.14 - 3.34; suborbital depth in eye diameter 1.0 or slightly over. Pectoral fin tip when vented, equal or reaching past the pelvic fin tip (Ref. 37522).