Silver Grunter

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.