Striped piggy (Pomadasys stridens)

Scientific name: Pomadasys stridens Forssk?l, 1775

Striped piggy (Pomadasys stridens)

The Striped piggy (Pomadasys stridens) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Indian Ocean, Red Sea (including the eastern Mediterranean Sea), off South Africa, and off western India.

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. 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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pomadasys stridens
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Depth range
65–68 m (213–223 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 65 - 68 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Red Sea (including the eastern Mediterranean Sea), off South Africa, and off western India.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (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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