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Pomadasys commersonnii (Smallspotted grunt; Spotted grunter; Smallspotted grunter; Smallspoted grunt; Grunt; Grunter)

Synonyms: Labrus commersonnii; Pomadasys commersonni; Pomadasys operculare; Pomadasys opercularis; Pristipoma operculare
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Wikipedia Abstract

Pomadasys commersonnii, the smallspotted grunter, is a species of grunt native to the shores of the western Indian Ocean from India to South Africa, being found in brackish and marine waters and occasionally into fresh waters. This species can produce a jet of water to clear away mud to reveal benthic invertebrates upon which it feeds. It can reach 80 cm (31 in) in TL. It is also important commercially and is a popular game fish.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceano-estuarine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Prey / Diet

Solen capensis (pencil bait)[2]
Zostera capensis (Species code: Zp)[2]

Predators

Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Southern meagre)[2]
Carcharias taurus (Spotted sand tiger shark)[3]
Carcharodon carcharias (Maneater shark)[2]
Lichia amia (leer fish)[2]
Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Decemtestis varmai[4]
Helicometrina nimia[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3The diet of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, MJ Smale, African Journal of Marine Science 2005, 27(1): 331–335
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0