[Image]Scientific Name: Mesopristes argenteus
Family: Grunters - Terapontidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Silvery gray with white belly; white first spine on ventral and anal fins, yellow iris. Small Juveniles - White with 4 or 5 black stripes and yellow fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Estuaries and stream mouths, occasionally near reefs to 3m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Is. to Cape York in N.E. Australia.