Bluecheek Javelin
Pomadasys argyreus
- Usual depth3–37 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, September, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–37 m · Deepest record: 37 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bluecheek Javelin, Bluecheek Silver Grunt, silver grunter, Silver Javelinfish
Other scientific names: Pomodasys argyreus, Pristipoma argyreum
Similar species
- Silver grunt
Pomadasys argenteus
- Smallspotted grunter
Pomadasys commersonnii
- Saddle grunt
Pomadasys maculatus
- Blackeared Grunt
Pomadasys trifasciatus
GruntDiagramma pictum
- Clown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 151 open-data records from 1931 to 2008.
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