Pomadasys incisus
Size range: 20-30 cm
Common size: 25 cm
Depth range: 10 - 100 m
Habitat:
- Mixed sandy and rocky bottoms
Water column position:
- Pelagic-Neritic
Colors & patterns:
- body very silvery (occasionally with dark indistinct patches); fins pale yellow
- Mouth small and low set; back rounded, belly almost flat
- Dark blotch on the upper corner of operculum (sometimes faded)
Behavior:
- Reef-associated
- Shoals shelter in caves/crevices/overhangs
- Enters estuaries and lagoons at sexual maturation
- Diurnal (?)
- Indifferent/Easily approached
Schooling characteristics:
- Large schools
Feeding: feeds on bottom and near-bottom invertebrates
Native/Exotic: Native
EM notes:
