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Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830)

Javelin grunter
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Type locality (Ref. 48635).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
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: Cuvier.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range ? - 75 m (Ref. 2799).   Tropical; 32°N - 32°S, 18°E - 154°E

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