Longhead grunt (Pomadasys auritus)

Scientific name: Pomadasys auritus Cuvier, 1830

Longhead grunt (Pomadasys auritus)

The Longhead grunt (Pomadasys auritus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Western Pacific, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and New South Wales, Australia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Body color silvery to light burnished gold; dorsal fins with well defined blackish spots on interspinous membranes; adults with blackish spot on tip of each scale on back and upper sides. Body depth 3.2 tomes in SL. Head large; upper profile convex; gill cover and angle of preopercle lengthened as convex rounded lobe; gill cover extending to above 1/3 to 1/2 of pectoral fins. Mouth small; maxilla reaching to eye. Pores 2 and a median pit on chin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pomadasys auritus
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
52.0
Common length
43.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and New South Wales, Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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