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Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775)

Striped piggy
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Egypt territory information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
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Uses: no uses
Comments: A Lessepsian migrant.
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Territory Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Goret à trois bandes, Ronco de tres bandas, Ronco de tres bandas, ... 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: Forsskål.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 68 m (Ref. 26165). Tropical; 31°N - 32°S, 29°E - 77°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Indian Ocean: Red Sea, off South Africa, and off western India (37522). Mediterranean Sea: A lessepsian migrant (Ref. 43448).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.0, range 8 - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5213)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Silvery, darker above, with 4 stripes along body and a dark brown opercular blotch (Ref. 2799). Upper opercle with a dark blotch and a stripe. Pored lateral line scales 49 - 53 and 5 - 6 on scaly sheath of caudal fin. Body depth in SL, 3.14 - 3.34; suborbital depth in eye diameter 1.0 or slightly over. Pectoral fin tip when vented, equal or reaching past the pelvic fin tip (Ref. 37522).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Feeds on crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 5213).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Iwatsuki, Y., T. Yoshino, D. Golani and T. Kanda, 1995. The validity of the haemulid fish Pomadasys quadrilineatus Shen and Lin, 1984 with the designation of the neotype of Pomadasys stridens (Forrskål, 1775). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(4):455-461. (Ref. 37522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

AFORO (otoliths) | Alien/Invasive Species database | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.5 - 27.5, mean 25.2 °C (based on 13 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.01181 - 0.01690), b=2.98 (2.95 - 3.01), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.24;).
Prior r = 0.96, 95% CL = 0.63 - 1.43, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 49.6 [16.9, 96.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.554 [0.282, 1.047] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.2, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.159 [0.082, 0.264] g/100g; Selenium = 26.4 [13.5, 47.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 170 [57, 481] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.33 [0.88, 1.98] mg/100g (wet weight);