Chinese silver pomfret
📖 Overview
Occurs seasonally singly or in small schools over muddy bottoms; may enter estuaries. Feeds on ctenophores, salps, medusae, and other zooplankton groups but will also prey on small benthic animals. Sold fresh in markets .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 43 - 50; Anal soft rays: 39 - 42; Vertebrae: 33. Greyish to brownish dorsally, silvery white on sides. Covered in dark pigment spots. Fins silvery to greyish, darkest distally. Body firm, very deep, compressed. Caudal peduncle short, deep, strongly compressed, lacking scute-like scales or fleshy keels. Snout blunt, rounded, forehead almost straight. Eye small, central, much shorter than snout. Mouth small, subterminal, curved downward posteriorly, not reaching anterior margin of eye. Upper jaw covered with skin, joined to head, not movable. Jaw teeth minute, in a single series, flattened with 3 cusps (central cusp much larger than those adjacent). Gill membranes joined to belly. Gill slit short, its lower margin slightly below pectoral-fin base. Scales very small, cycloid, and deciduous, barely extending onto fin bases. Naked patch on head and nape with well-defined network of longitudinal sensory canals, patch not extending above pectoral-fin base. Lateral line high, following dorsal profile onto caudal peduncle (Ref 12928).: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Chinese silver pomfret is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Chinese silver pomfret is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Also Ref. 101194.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous ; depth range 10 - ? m . Tropical; 32°N - 10°S, 48°E - 131°E West Pacific: Persian Gulf to eastern Indonesia, north to Japan.
🌿 Ecology
ctenophores, salps, medusae, and other zooplankton groups but will also prey on small benthic animal
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Chinese pomfret · Chinese Silver Pomfret |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Shinamanagatsuo · シナマナガツオ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Pampo-chinês |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Китайский памп |
| 🌍THA | ปลาจะละเม็ดเทา |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 中國鯧 · 白鯧 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chondroplites chinensis | Euphrasen | 1788 | Synonym |
| Stromateus chinensis | Euphrasen | 1788 | Synonym |
| Stromateus sinensis | Forster | 1795 | Heterotypic |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 3 records indexed .
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