Author: (Forsskål, 1775)

Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775)

Diagnosis: head large, 2.8-3.4 in standard length, about the same as depth of body. Mouth small, slightly oblique. Snout longer than eye diameter. Two pores on the tip of chin and a short pit-like groove behind. Gillrakers 15-16 on lower arm. Dorsal fin deeply notched, with 12 spines and 13-14 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 8-10 rays. Scales small, covering head except for snout, 54 -61 in lateral line, 9-10 (1) 23-26 in transversal line. Colour: silvery with 3 golden brown longitudinal stripes on the upper half of the body; a conspicuous dark blotch usually present on the upper corner of opercle. Size: to 15 cm SL, usually 10 cm.

Habitat: sandy and muddy bottoms, from shallows to depth of 55 m. Food: small bottom invertebrates. Reproduction: summer months.

Distribution: Mediterranean: coasts of Israel and Lebanon; one specimen caught in Ligurian Sea. Evidently a Suez Canal immigrant. Elsewhere, Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Haemulidae
Genus Pomadasys
Species Pomadasys stridens

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms:

Sciaena stridens Forsskål, 1775, Descr. anim.: 50.
Pristipoma stridens: Rüppell, 1835: 122, pl. 31 (fig. 1) Döderlein, 1889: 121 (Eastern Mediterranean).
Rhonciscus stridens: Smith, 1965: 259, fig. 681.
Pomadasys stridens: Torchio, 1969: 92-93, 96, fig. 1.

Common names:

none

Fors[s]kål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium; avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium, quae in itinere orientali observavit, Hauniae, 20 + xxxiv +164 pp., 1 map.

Rüppell, E. 1835a. Fische des rothen Meeres, (4): 148 p., 33 pl., in Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Frankfurt am Main, 1835-1840.

Smith, J. L. B. 1949b. The sea fishes of southern Africa. South Africa, 580 p., 111 pl., 1232 fig. (other editions: 1950, 1953, 1961, 1965, 1970).

Torchio, M. 1969. Minacce per l'ittiofauna mediterranea: le forme esotiche. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 109 (1): pp. 91-96, 1 fig.

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