HAEMULIDAE Pomadasys maculatus, 16.9 cm SL (photo by Koichi Shibukawa) Pomadasys maculatus (Bloch, 1793) Saddle Grunt D XII, 13-14; A III, 7; P1 17; P2 I, 5; LLp 50-52; GR 5-6 + 13-15. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Chin with two pores and a median pit. Posterior portion of maxilla slightly covered or not covered by lacrimal laterally in western Pacific population; largely covered by lacrimal in Indian Ocean population. Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Color: body silver with a large black blotch across nape, extending downward to below lateral line; three broken black blotches on upper half of trunk. A large dark blotch on membrane centrally between second and seventh dorsal-fin spines. Size: maximum length 59.3 cm. Distribution: widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from east coast of Africa to southern Japan and northern Australia. Remarks: occurs in coastal inshore waters in open bay and estuaries to depths of less than 110 m. (Hiroyuki Motomura)