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Pomadasys kaakan
Haemulidae [Grunts]
29.7 cm [max to 80 cm TL]
8.8 cm
376 gm
Marine, brackish
- 75 m
Sandy to muddy bottoms. Feeds on fish & crustaceans.
Commercial fisheries; Commercial aquaculture; Gamefish.
Yes.
Slender body, silvery with a golden tint. Snout dusky, overlain with yellow/golden. Vertical spots-like bands on the upper sides, that tends to fade with age. Dorsal spines:12, rays:13-15; Anal spines:3, rays:7-8.
The above fish was caught, somewhere east of Sg during "My 5th Offshore trip" on 18/4/03
