HAEMULIDAE


Pomadasys unimaculatus, 14.5 cm SL
(photo by Seishi Kimura)


Pomadasys unimaculatus
Tian, 1982
Red patched Grunter

D XII, 13-14; A III, 7; P1 16-17; P2 I, 5; LLp 47-50; GR 3-4 + 12-13.

Body moderately elongate, compressed. Chin with two pores and a median pit. Middle and posterior portion of maxilla largely covered by lacrimal laterally. Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Color: body silver with a large dark brown blotch across nape, extending downward to lateral line; four small faintly dark semicircular patches on upper half of trunk. A large dark red blotch on membrane distally between third and sixth to seventh dorsal-fin spines. Size: maximum length about 25 cm. Distribution: probably distributed throughout Southeast Asian waters. Remarks: occurs in coastal inshore waters on sandy and muddy bottoms. (Hiroyuki Motomura)