Crescent-Banded Grunter

Scientific Name: Terapon jarbua
Family: Grunters – Terapontidae
Maximum Size: 32cm
Identification: Silvery with pattern of curved darkish bands on body; striped tail.
Favourite: Form schools.
Hide-out: Estuaries, stream mouths and along sandy beaches in areas of brackish water in 20-290m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific – Red Sea to Samoa. S.W. Japan to Australia.