WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Sea Trumpeter

Pelsartia humeralis

Also known as: Tigerfish

Adult
@samlondon · rottnest, Australia · April 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, over shallow, sandy bottoms, and seagrass beds, in brackish waters, of estuaries, mangroves, and coastal shorelines.
Eastern Indian Ocean - Australia

Grunters have this name because of the loud grunting noise that is produced by the swimbladder.

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How to identify

Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
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Found in schools, over shallow, sandy bottoms, and seagrass beds, in brackish waters, of estuaries, mangroves, and coastal shorelines.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyTerapontidae
    6. genusPelsartia
    7. speciesPelsartia humeralis (Ogilby, 1899)

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    More in the family

    Grunters-Tigerperches (Terapontidae)