Species: Pomadasys empherus, Bigspine grunt, Large-spine grunt

Pomadasys empherus Bussing, 1993

Large-spine grunt, Bigspine grunt

Body high, strongly compressed; forehead profile oblique; mouth short, not reaching past front of eye, inside not red, lips thin; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 inside hole behind, plus a longitudinal groove; preopercle serrated, larger teeth at angle; dorsal fin XIII, 11-12, spinous part high, moderately notched; anal III, 7, second anal spine very long and stout, thicker than 3rd; pectoral fins relatively short, not reaching tips of depressed pelvic fins; no scales on soft dorsal and anal fins; 45-48 pored lateral line scales; 6 oblique rows of scales between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin.