Olive grunt (Pomadasys olivaceus)

Scientific name: Pomadasys olivaceus Day, 1875

Olive grunt (Pomadasys olivaceus)

The Olive grunt (Pomadasys olivaceus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Southeast Atlantic, north of Swakopmund, Namibia. Indian Ocean: east coast of Africa and Madagascar to Arabia, India and the Malay Peninsula.

Biology

Inhabits coastal waters. Plentiful in tidal estuaries. Large shoals of juveniles occur around shallow water reefs where they consume shrimps and other small invertebrates, being themselves eaten by larger fish; larger specimens are found in deeper water where they spawn throughout the year. Used extensively for bait, flesh rather insipid.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pomadasys olivaceus
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
55.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: north of Swakopmund, Namibia. Indian Ocean: east coast of Africa and Madagascar to Arabia, India and the Malay Peninsula.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually
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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