Javelin grunter (Pomadasys kaakan) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in Hong Kong. It is mainly found over reef, sand, mud, estuary, at depths of ≤ 75 m.
Scientific name: Pomadasys kaakan · Water: Saltwater, Brackish
Size: up to 80 cm
The javelin grunter is a haemulid that is valued as food and is beginner-friendly to catch. Its range is the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa to South-East Asia, north to Taiwan and south to Queensland, and it is also recorded from the Persian Gulf.
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