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Pomadasys maculatus (Bloch, 1793)

Saddle grunt
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Thailand country information

Common names: Kathikhut, กะทิขูด
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: N Gulf of Thailand, MUFS 12278 (Ref. 27973); also from Paknam (Samut Prakan), Rayong, Ko Chang (Trat), Tha Chin river, Thachalom (Samut Sakhon), Lem Sing (Chanthaburi), Klong Wan (Prachuap Khiri Khan), Songkhla and Andaman Sea (Ref. 37773). Also Ref. 2112, 52823.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grondeur selle, Bloched grunt, Saddlefish, ... more

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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