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Pomadasys argyreus (Valenciennes, 1833)

Bluecheek silver grunt
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India country information

Common names: Bluecheek silver grunt
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Godavary estuaries and Andhra Pradesh (Ref. 45255). Also Ref. 3412, 4833.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 30°N - 11°S

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