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Etymology: Pomadasys: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, dasys = with hair (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forsskål.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 68 m (Ref. 26165). Tropical; 31°N - 32°S, 29°E - 77°E
Indian Ocean: Red Sea, off South Africa, and off western India (37522). Mediterranean Sea: A lessepsian migrant (Ref. 43448).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 11.0, range 8 - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5213)
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).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Feeds on crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 5213).
Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino, D. Golani and T. Kanda, 1995. The validity of the haemulid fish Pomadasys quadrilineatus Shen and Lin, 1984 with the designation of the neotype of Pomadasys stridens (Forrskål, 1775). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(4):455-461. (Ref. 37522)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
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