Family : Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Striped piggy
Fish Name : Pomadasys stridens
Max size : 20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5213)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 65 - 68 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indian Ocean: Red Sea (including the eastern Mediterranean Sea), off South Africa, and off western India.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 12-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. 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).
Biology : Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Feeds on crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 5213)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino, D. Golani and T. Kanda. 1995. (Ref. 37522)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses