Family : Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Bluecheek silver grunt
Fish Name : Pomadasys argyreus
Max size : 40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3412)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan to Sri Lanka, and eastward to Southeast Asia.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 12-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-8. Medium-sized fish of moderately deep, compressed body. Predorsal scales very large, beginning between the nostrils. Preoperculum with coarse distant serrations, and scales extending on to flange. Color is silvery, darker above; fins yellowish-brown. Young individuals with a large dusky steel-blue blotch on the operculum.
Biology : Found in coastal waters and trawling grounds. Caught with bottom trawls, bottom longlines, handlines, gillnets and traps
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : McKay, R.J.. 1984. (Ref. 3412)

India country information
Common Names : Bluecheek silver grunt
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses