Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Indo-West Pacific: reported in India, north to Japan, south to the Malayan Peninsula, including Thailand; probably throughout its range.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 95516)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 41; Anal soft rays: 36 - 41; Vertebrae: 36. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 37-41; A 36-41; anterior rays of dorsal and anal fins have distinct falcate lobes, preceded by 5-10 small blade-like spines embedded in skin and not obvious in larger specimens; anterior lobe of anal fin is greatly extended, reaching behind the peduncle; first anal fin ray originate below 5 th-6 th dorsal fin ray; pectoral fins are extremely long (mean 44.8% of SL); caudal fin deeply forked, with the lower lobe usually longer than the upper one; gill rakers vestigial with 7-10 minute tubercular-like spinules; total vertebrae 36, precaudal 15 and caudal vertebrae 21 (Ref. 95516).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Liu, J., C. Li and P. Ning, 2013. A redescription of grey pomfret Pampus cinereus (Bloch, 1795) with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Stromateidae). Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 31(1):140-145. (Ref. 95516)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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