Eastern Striped Grunter, Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Other Names: Eastern Striped Trumpeter, Six-lined Trumpeter, Striped Grunter, Striped Trumpeter, Trumpeter Perch

Eastern Striped Grunter, Pelates sexlineatus, at Fly Point, Port Stephens, New South Wales, 13 November 2016. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A brownish to silver-grey grunter with six dark stripes along the side, the broadest being the stripe from the snout, through the eye to the upper part of the caudal peduncle.
This species was previously known as Pelates sexlineatus.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Pelates sexlineatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/698

Eastern Striped Grunter, Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

More Info

Distribution	Endemic to Eastern Australia from Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Wonboyn River Estuary, southern New South Wales. Forms schools in bays, estuaries and coastal waters, often over seagrass beds near the estuary mouths. Juveniles recruit to seagrass beds.
Feeding	Feeds mostly on crustaceans.
Fisheries	Of minor commercial importance in New South Wales - taken in the Estuary General Fishery, and also as discarded bycatch in the New South Wales Estuary Prawn Trawl Fishery and the Ocean Trawl Fishery. In New South Wales, recreational anglers also catch this species.
Similar Species	The Fourline Striped Grunter, Pelates quadrilineatus, differs in having a dark blotch on the spinous dorsal fin, often a dark blotch just behind the top of the gill cover, and an additional short stripe between the upper stripes. The Western Striped Grunter, Helotes octolineatus has a shorter head, and the upper stripes are often wavy and broken into a series of spots.
Species Citation	Pristopoma sexlineatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, Voyage autour du Monde 1: 320. Type locality: Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Eastern Striped Grunter, Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

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