Species: Pomadasys branickii, Sand grunt
large eye
Pomadasys branickii (Steindachner, 1879)
Sand grunt
Elongate, strongly compressed; eye relatively large, 2.6-3.2 in head length; mouth moderate in size, inside not red, lips thin; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 inside hole behind, plus a longitudinal groove; preopercle weakly or not serrated, ventral serrations not forward pointing; dorsal fin XIII, 11-12, moderately notched; anal III, 7, second anal spine very long and stout, its length about two times eye diameter or more; pectoral fins relatively long, passing tips of depressed pelvic fins; no scales on soft dorsal and anal fins; 47-51 pored lateral line scales; 5 oblique rows of scales between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin.
Silvery brown with dark yellowish-brown opercular membrane yellow-brown; iris yellow brown; fins brown; juveniles with ~ five indistinct dusky bars from nape along back to tail base.
Size: grows to at least 30 cm.
Inhabits muddy bays and estuaries, also enters river mouths.
Depth: 0-100 m.
Southern Baja and the lower 2/3 Gulf of California to Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Mangrove
- Water column
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 100
