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Pomadasys maculatus (Bloch, 1793)

Saddle grunt
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Mozambique country information

Common names: Gonguri
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: van der Elst, R., 1993
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Inhaca I. (Ref. 5285). Edible, but too small to be considered a food fish (Ref. 12484). Also Ref. 57683.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Pomadasys: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, dasys = with hair (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 20 - 110 m (Ref. 12260).   Tropical

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