WoRMS taxon details
Pomadasys olivaceus (Day, 1875)
218565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218565)
accepted
Species
Pomadasys olivaceum (Day, 1875) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875) Day, F. (1875). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. <em>London.</em> Part 1: 1-168, Pls. 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62705
page(s): 73, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 73, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [details]
Description Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Plentiful in tidal estuaries (Ref. 2135). Large shoals of juveniles occur around...
Description Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Plentiful in tidal estuaries (Ref. 2135). Large shoals of juveniles occur around shallow water reefs where they consume shrimps and other small invertebrates, being themselves eaten by larger fish; larger specimens are found in deeper water where they spawn throughout the year. Used extensively for bait, flesh rather insipid (Ref. 2799). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pomadasys olivaceus (Day, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218565 on 2026-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875) Day, F. (1875). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. <em>London.</em> Part 1: 1-168, Pls. 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62705
page(s): 73, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 73, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Plentiful in tidal estuaries (Ref. 2135). Large shoals of juveniles occur around shallow water reefs where they consume shrimps and other small invertebrates, being themselves eaten by larger fish; larger specimens are found in deeper water where they spawn throughout the year. Used extensively for bait, flesh rather insipid (Ref. 2799). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | olive grunt | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys olivaceum (Day, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys olivaceus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys olivaceum (Day, 1875))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys olivaceus FIN029052 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys olivaceus FIN029053 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pomadasys olivaceum (Day, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomadasys olivaceus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomadasys olivaceum (Day, 1875))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Pristipoma olivaceum Day, 1875)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys olivaceus FIN029052 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomadasys olivaceus FIN029053 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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