Scientific Name	Pomadasys kaakan   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1830)	Depth	4 - 75M
Chinese	星雞魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	石鱸科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F374　Haemulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	點石鱸
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	雞仔魚、石鱸、厚鱸、頭額(澎湖)、金龍(澎湖)、刣額(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Arian R, Coupang [Kupang], Timor; Pondicherry and Mah? India
Synonyms	Pomadasys hasta, Pomadasys kakaan, Pomadasys nageb, Pomodasys kaakan, Pristipoma kaakan
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；楊鴻嘉圖鑑 (金)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 楊鴻嘉, 楊誠國 1990 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1995 楊鴻嘉, 張寶仁 1996
Specimen List	ASIZP0055341. ASIZP0055750. ASIZP0055805. ASIZP0059364. ASIZP0060078. ASIZP0060754. ASIZP0061976. ASIZP0061996. ASIZP0062895. ASIZP0064243. ASIZP0065094. ASIZP0065790. ASIZP0068544. ASIZP0068557. ASIZP0068565. ASIZP0068856. ASIZP0069716. ASIZP0069730. ASIZP0078273. ASIZP0079129. ASIZP0079143. ASIZP0079152. ASIZP0079290. ASIZP0079515. ASIZP0700218. ASIZP0800461. ASIZP0801103. ASIZP0803237. ASIZP0803262. ASIZP0900131. ASIZP0900449. ASIZP0900468. ASIZP0901320. ASIZP0910461. ASIZP0911103. ASIZP0913237. ASIZP0913262. ...List all 54 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Silver grunt; Common javelinfish; Javelin grunter; Javelin grunt
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XII, 14; anal-fin rays III, 7 ; pectoral-fin rays17. Body is slender; the head profile slightly convex; lips not thickened; 2 pores and a central groove under the chin. No antrorse spine before the dorsal fin origin; a deep notch between the spinous and the soft-rayed portion of the dorsal fin. Color is generally silvery with a golden tint on the sides; the upper operculum olive-yellow; the snout dusky, overlain with yellow. Young specimens have 7-11 vertical bands on the upper sides; older ones with bands formed by spots aligned in vertical rows.
habitats	Inhabit turbid inshore waters with sandy to muddy bottoms to a depth of 75 m. Enter estuaries, may tolerate water with low salinity. Feed on crustaceans and fish. Spawners form schools near river mouths during the winter.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: east coast of Africa; including Madagascar, Seychelles, Farrquhar and Comoro islands; also Red Sea and Persian Gulf; extending through Southeast Asia north to Taiwan and south to Queensland, Australia. Taiwan: North, West.
Utility	Commercial fishey species.