Bluecheek Silver Grunt
Pomadasys argyreus
- Group: Other
- Max size: 40 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A coastal grunt reaching about 40 centimetres, it lives over trawling grounds and inshore waters with a silvery, faintly marked body. It is taken with bottom trawls, longlines, handlines, gillnets and traps.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Eupercaria incertae sedis › Haemulidae › Pomadasys
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 273499.
FAQ
- Is the Bluecheek Silver Grunt dangerous to divers?
- The Bluecheek Silver Grunt is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Bluecheek Silver Grunt get?
- The Bluecheek Silver Grunt grows to about 40 cm.