Haemulidae

Cock grunter

Pomadasys multimaculatus

Seventy Six Centimeters Haemulid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Pomadasys is a genus of grunts native to the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast of the Americas. The name of this genus is a compound of poma meaning "lid" or "covering" and dasys meaning "rough", a reference to the serrated preopercle.