Genus Pomadasys Lacépède, 1802

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External Links

• Pomadasys Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [515].

  Type species:

   Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Haemulidae: Pomadasys commersoni (Lacépède, 1802) [restricted to the western Indian Ocean] — Fischer, W. & Bianchi, G. (eds) 1984. FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes. Western Indian Ocean. Fishing area 51. Rome : FAO Vol. 2. [HAEM Pomad 11]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

McKay, R.J. 2001. Haemulidae. pp. 2961-2989 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [137] (Grunter Bream, Javelin Fish)

Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [41] (Australian Marketing Name) (Grunter)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Sep-2015	HAEMULIDAE	08-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
18-Dec-2012		18-Aug-2015	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED